RUNNING
BY THE NUMBERS
24 • Footwear Insight | Sports Edition ~ May 2020 footwearinsight.com
17.6 MILLION
Number of people registering for U.S. road races in
2019, down 2.7 percent from 2018.
(Source: Running USA, The ACTIVE Network, imAthlete, Race Roster, Race Entry, RunReg)
Number of people who ran or jogged in the U.S, either as "casual" runners (1 to 49 times annually) or "core" runners
(50 times or more annually), in 2019. The number of casual runners rose 1.6 percent; the number of core runners
dipped 6.4 percent. (Source: 2019 SFIA Topline Report)
60 PERCENT
The percentage of runners participating in U.S. road
races who are women. Of runners, 49 percent of
participants are between the ages of 25 and 44.
(Source: Running USA)
Wholesale dollar sales of running shoes in 2019, up 5.3 percent from $4.71 billion in 2018.
(Source: SFIA Manufacturers' Sales by Category Report)
8.9 MILLION
Number of people in U.S. who registered for a 5K
event in 2019.
(Source: Running USA)
57 PERCENT
Number of American consumers who said they had
increased their running and/or walking outside during
the COVID-19 shutdown.
(Source: Trend Insight survey, see story on page 20)
$4.96 BILLION
49,459,000
