0345 - Hour I woke up to get dressed and drive to run #1 with friends
7 - The number of friends that were there - Libby, Robin W, Shannon, Fiona, Marcie, Dana, and Amanda.
10 billion - The number of hills in that run.
12.65 - Number of miles I ran.
80 - Degrees at the start of the run.
900% - The humidity.
0830 - Time I arrived at run #2.
2 - Number of people I ran with for this run - Heather and her dad.
0 - The number of times I have been on a trail before.
1 - How many people dropped their pants to go potty. Hint: It wasn't me.
2 - Snakes we encountered...
6.01 - Miles spent on the trail.
3 - Times I tripped (but never went all the way down).
1 - Large 3 ft dead bird dangling over the creek (I think tangled in fishing wire).
85 - The temperature at the end of the run.
7 - The number of water bottles I emptied.
2 - Number of shirts I sweat through.
18.66 - Total miles for Saturday's running.
6 - Number of 5ks I completed.
In summary - I sweat... A LOT... I drank 7 full water bottles and still weighed 2 lbs less when I got home... but I don't know if my thorns came off... because when I got home... I noticed my shoelaces were stuck together with, well "thorns"... and on my socks... more "thorns". (And FYI, no, I don't have really hairy legs... that's dirt... a lot of it... the trail wasn't that bad, not sure how I got quite that dirty... my socks were nasty.)
On a side note, though, I never thought I would spend a day running 18.66 miles "just because". I only had a loose "9" written on my schedule. I paid for it, though, by being utterly exhausted the rest of the day Saturday. My legs, however, feel perfectly fine. Wasn't sore at all.
14 comments:
You are such a numbers geek!!!
Over achiever! ;)
clever recap :-)
I was sore LOL!!! And I could have gotten to the bathroom through the woods but too many snakes.. It was safer peeing in the natural LOL!! At least I didn't pee on myself :)
That's one heck of a way to start your Saturday! I started mine with brunch. And I was, quite possibly, more sore afterwards than you were after running.
Tee hee hee. Fun recap.
Snakes and dead birds - Oh, my!
Winks & Smiles,
Wifey
That's a serious day of running!
Sounds like a good day to me!
Oh, and dropping the pants is totally a rookie move. Too much time loss.
love the post but i don't really understand, please explain the virtual race world to me :)
you should come over and run my virtual race too :) Awesome job! Love the breakdown of your run...
Garland, Texas? I'm close to Houston, Texas. small world! are you dealing well with all this humidity? I've been here my whole life and now that I'm running, I'm feeling the humidity more than EVER! YUCK :(
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My virtual race is July 3-9th, The Independence 5K!
Stephanie - Virtual races are usually put on by bloggers... they make the rules... some have everyone run the same distance on the same day... some give you a certain period of time to complete the distance... some are just for fun... some have prizes... some random awards, some are time-based awards. It's just something fun to do especially if you're in an area where there aren't so many races.
That sounds like so much fun!
I was shocked to read this was your first time running on a trail. Do you think you will start running on trails more often now? Or are you good with sticking on the stable road?
I have done 2 trail races - I liked the change, it was fun!
Awesome race recap - LOVE IT and nice use of "thorn" tie-in with the thorned up shoelaces - you should win some special prize for that ;)
And by the way - seriously with all those miles in one day!? I'm in awe. Especially factoring in heat and trails… oof. tired just thinking about it!
That is so awesome!! ACTUAL thorns! I think it is a first. :)
7 bottles of water is still pretty intense. Wowza!
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