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

Warm and windy walk

Took it outside this morning. Pleasant temps, but very windy. Nice to be able to walk outside without putting on all the layers for cold weather.

I felt pretty good today. There wasn't really any pain, but it was very tight - especially my achilles and fronts of my shins. I tried to run a few times, with no luck. Just way too tight down there. So I thought it best to just walk it today.

For several reasons last night, Cooper could not fall or stay asleep. So I began my day with a less than ideal night of rest. We'll all be tired today - but he'll suffer the most. Or maybe his teacher....

Music for my listening pleasure today: The Cure, U2, Talking Heads and Good Charlotte.

This is how it stacked up by the numbers:

• 0 number of cars I saw
• 1 number of times I actually yawned while I was walking
• 1 ranking I hope the Tigers will be this afternoon (GO TIGERS!)
• 3 miles completed
• 5 non-consecutive hours of sleep last night
• 12 times I wish I had worn a cap
• 21 mph winds
• 50:58 total time moving
• 62 degrees
• 89 days til the Rock 'N Roll Marathon