After reading an article in Runner's World the other month, I decided I needed to add a rating or score to my runs. Actually, two.
The first is what I call the "Friendliness of Runners Rating" or FORR Score. It is a completely non-scientific rating of a location's friendliness, drawn from data derived on my run. I wave at every runner I pass, and note the number of runners that wave back or acknowledge my greeting. The FORR Score represents the percentage responding in some type of positive, community-oriented manner. As Runner's World says, we exist in a community of runners. Whether we choose to participate in that community and get some energy from that community is our own choice.
The second rating is the "Runner Engagement Score" or RES. It is my equally unscientific assessment of whether a city, town or location is engaging to runners. Criteria range from ease of getting out for a run, availability of paths or sidewalks, pollution levels, scenery, coolness of experience, etc.
Readers are welcome to share their own scores or data.
I've added these scores to my latest Oregon runs and will endeavor to do this for future posts.
The first is what I call the "Friendliness of Runners Rating" or FORR Score. It is a completely non-scientific rating of a location's friendliness, drawn from data derived on my run. I wave at every runner I pass, and note the number of runners that wave back or acknowledge my greeting. The FORR Score represents the percentage responding in some type of positive, community-oriented manner. As Runner's World says, we exist in a community of runners. Whether we choose to participate in that community and get some energy from that community is our own choice.
The second rating is the "Runner Engagement Score" or RES. It is my equally unscientific assessment of whether a city, town or location is engaging to runners. Criteria range from ease of getting out for a run, availability of paths or sidewalks, pollution levels, scenery, coolness of experience, etc.
Readers are welcome to share their own scores or data.
I've added these scores to my latest Oregon runs and will endeavor to do this for future posts.
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