HBBC Recap Week 5 + my life in numbers

Life threw me some challenges this week and I’m proud to say I rose to the occasion. My long run on Monday just sucked. I was mentally not into it and physically tired. Somehow, I managed to dig deep and get the entire planned run done. 10.6 miles is a really long way if you are ready to be done at the 1.5 mile point. Tuesday’s 5.3 miles were better, but I still was DONE at the end of the run.

16 inches of snow ended any plans of running outside the rest of the week. 8 miles in 79ish minutes on the treadmill while watching nothing but the weather was its own kind of hell, but I did it. Even more amazing is that I got back on the mill the next day. I have one more run left to do today as I took an accidental rest day yesterday, but, ehh, it happens.

I’ve hit all my fruits and veggies, but I’d be less than honest if I didn’t admit that they were surrounded by cheese, cookies, and beer. It’s all about balance, right?

My Life In Numbers (thanks to RunToTheFinish)

42 – the number of years I’ve been on this earth
100 – number I hope to see on my birthday cake one day
1988 – the year I graduated from high school
1992 – the year I graduated with a Bachelor’s in Economics and Foreign Affairs
4 – number of years it took me to get a 4 year degree – That was the norm “back then”
1995 – the year I graduated with a Masters in Library Science
3 – number of full-time jobs I’ve had since graduating from college
21 – number of years I’ve lived in the DC area
3 – number of years I thought I’d live in the DC area
9 – number of states I’ve lived in (WI, ND, CA, LA, AL, NM, NE, NC, VA)
1 – number of times I’ve been married
17.5 – number of years I’ve been married to Beer Geek
18.5 – number of years Beer Geek and I have been together
2 – number of children I have
many – number of times I smile a day
0 – number of dogs I have
0 – number of cats I have
1 – number of geckos I have
10 – number of times each day I wish we’d gotten a cat instead of a gecko
3 – number of cars I’ve owned (2 Honda civics and a Honda Pilot, yes, I’m a driving advertisement for Honda)
2 – number of siblings I have
14 – approximate number of hours to drive to my parents’ house
6 – number of hours of sleep I get per night
1984 – year I started running
2007 – year I ran my first race
8 – number of half marathon races I’ve run
2:21:xx – time of my most recent half (Fastest half marathon – 1:59:11)
2 – number of full marathons I’ve trained for
2 – number of full marathons I’ve finished
4:36:35 – time of my most recent full marathon (and my fastest)
1 – number of 5K’s run this year
673.7 number of miles I have run so far in 2012 (I did not record miles for May, June, July, August, September, or the 1st part of October)
7:28 – Fastest mile I’ve run
5 – number of running shoes I’ve bought/received in the past year
2 – number of other shoes I’ve bought/received this year
52 – number of months I’ve been blogging
3 – how many blogs I’ve started

Total HBBC points = 253.9
HBBC Week 5 – 47.4
Saturday = 2 (freggies + FB)
Friday = 9.5 (7.5 mile run + freggies + FB)
Thursday = 16 (2 hours of shoveling + 8 mile run + freggies + FB)
Wednesday = Big Fat Zero!
Tuesday = 7.3 (5.3 mile run + veggies + FB)
Monday = 12.6 (10.6 mile run + veggies + FB)
HBBC Week 4 – 54.7
HBBC Week 3 – 51.6
HBBC Week 2 – 46.8
HBBC Week 1 – 50.4
HBBC pre-bonus points – 3