By the Numbers

Just wanted to share a little bit of data and info about the weekend's race. I thought some of it was quite interesting.

51 - percent of people who were participating in their first marathon

1 - percentage of people who have ever even run a marathon

17,828 - number of official starters (This doesn't include the half marathoners. Another total I saw said over 22,000 but I'm not exactly sure what that includes. Regardless, it was a LOT of people)

16,373 - number of official finishers

15,733 - my overall place

7,948 - number of male finishers

8,425 - number of female finishers (51.5%)

7,924 - my place among all females

948 - my place in my age group (out of 1016)

33 - number of racers and spectators taken by ambulance to local hospitals for nausea, vomiting, heat, cramps, dehydration, etc.

5:01:08 - average finishing time

7:00:53 - my finishing time (woo hoo!!!)

8:21:00 - caboose's finishing time (yea for him!!)

2:10:06 - winner's finishing time (Isn't that nuts?!? He was probably on the plane back to Kenya when I was at mile 23....)

3,400 - number of Team in Training runners

5 - number of TNT members on our team (not counting coaches & mentors)

$12.5 million - dollars raised for LLS by runners in the marathon

$134.6 million - dollars raised for LLS by runners in the 11 year history of the Rock and Roll Marathon

$22,700 - dollars raised by our team (that was my last total - I bet it's more now)

$4,536 - my total (THANK YOU!!!)

224 - miles I logged during 6 months of training

26.2 - miles I ran and walked (continuous forward motion) on Sunday at the MARATHON!!!!!

1 - totally awesome, life changing, unforgettable experience