46112 - Approximate number of steps taken between the starting line and the finishing line
4 - Toenails that turned black during training
2 - Pairs of shoes worn out during training
1 – Number of friends that came to cheer me on
10+ - New friends made along the course
225 – Weight of the self-proclaimed “Fattest, fastest Jew in Georgia”
245 – Real price of the running gear I bought at the expo on Friday
50 – Actual dollars spent on said running gear
30 - Minutes the Rain Gods waited to let loose after the last marathoner had finished
1500 - Runners in the race
1254 - Finishers
575 - My place
2 – Number of heroine-laced “Gu” packets consumed during race (No, not really “heroine”…if you’ve used them you know what I mean)
3:58:20 – Time I was running
3:58:02 – “Official” time you’ll find on the Rocket City Marathon page
2689 - Approximate number of calories burned
38 – Degrees Fahrenheit in Alabama on Saturday
38 – Degrees Fahrenheit in Colorado on Saturday (now that’s just not fair!)
And the most important number of all: 26.2, baby!
Bam!
6035 - feet above sea level, Colorado Springs
ReplyDelete641 - feet above sea level, Huntsville
5394 - feet Huntsville is lower than Colorado Springs
1 - number of lungs Lori actually needed to run the Rocket City Marathon.
3 - cheers for our long-legged, red-headed, beast of a mountain woman
Also:
3 - days until her Christmas choir concert!