Published November 5, 2010

2008 Boston Marathon (shoothead/Flickr)

We go the distance.

The Daily Beast analyzed data from hundreds of thousands of runners in 19 cities to determine that Bostonians run more miles per week (7.85, on average) than anyone else.

The Beast partnered with Daily Burn, a popular website and iPhone app that lets runners record stats about their workouts. Boston’s popular running spot? The Charles River, of course.

Baltimore-Washington comes in at No. 2, Los Angeles at 3 and my home town of San Diego at 10.

The Beast article erroneously calls the New York City Marathon “the Super Bowl of competitive running” — I beg to differ. (I would remind you that registration for the 2011 Boston Marathon filled up on Day 1.)

Of course, the Beast’s findings could be skewed by the high density of college students here — younger and perhaps more tech-savvy than runners elsewhere.

If you’re interested in using technology to track your workouts, you might also check out RunKeeper — another popular website and mobile app, coded right here in Boston by developer Jason Jacobs. The app allows you to record your route on a map and even assess your fitness over time.

Where do you like to run in and around Boston? Do you use tech to track your fitness?