Friday, July 25, 2014

It Hath Been Proven

WOWZA! This has been a long day. I would attempt to form coharant and interesting paragraphs but I don't think it's going to happen. So, here's my run/day by the numbers.


  • 0 = the number of children who slept at my house last night (WOO HOO! They stayed at camp with the hubs)
  • 4 = the time my alarm woke me up
  • 4:08 = the time I actually got up
  • 4.5 = the number of hours, more or less, that I slept last night
  • 7 = the hour at which I absolutely, positively, drop dead needed to be at my husband's camp to take over toddler duty
  • 0 = the amount of actual food I consumed before the run
  • 8-ish = the number of ounces of water I consumed before the run
  • 4:25 = the time I stepped out the door
  • 16 = the number of ounces of water I carried in my fuel belt
  • 16 = the number of ounces of Berry nuun I carried by hand for the first 1.5 miles where I dropped it off so that I could drink it at mile 11.5-ish
  • 0 = the number of minutes I should wait before I invest in a REAL hand-held water bottle. (Had one. Don't know where it ended up...)
  • 3 = the number of energy gels I carried (mocha flavor)
  • 2 = the number I actually consumed (miles 5 and 10)
  • 4 = the number of minutes into the run (approx) that my front-zipping sports bra busted and was therefore only clasped together at the very top
  • 32A = the measurement/reason the thing above was actually not a problem and I hardly noticed - though I did have a momentary freak out that it was going to screw up EVERYTHING!
  • 2.5 = the number of podcasts I listened to along the way (Pop Culture Happy Hour, Slate's Political Gabfest, & Ask Me Another). If you are a runner and you've never tried listening to podcasts while you are out and about, you ought to give it a try. There is EVERY conceivable genre and topic and when  you find the right ones, you really feel like you are on a group run full of people you enjoy. DO IT!
  • 0 = the number of pee breaks (bushes or actual toilets) I had to take. This was SHOCKING when I realized it.
  • 1 = the number of public bathrooms I ran by and into which I wanted to scoot to fill up my water bottle.
  • 1 = the number of public bathrooms I ran by and into which I wanted to scoot to fill up my water bottle that were STILL LOCKED because it was not even 6AM yet when I got there.
  • 55 = the temperature when I started my run, thus making the locked bathroom not such a huge deal since I was hardly over heating. The weather conditions were perfect, frankly.
  • 0 = the number of mean flies I encountered along the way. (Yet another miracle. They have been BEASTLY the last couple of weeks! Quite likely they were not awake yet when I was out.)
  • 30-ish = the number of Ghirardelli mini milk chocolate sea salt and almond squares I have eaten tonight.
  • 3,000-ish = the number of Ghirardelli mini milk chocolate sea salt and almond squares I WANTED to tonight.
  • 13.3 = the distance I ran, according to my device
  • 1.444 = the calories I burned, according to my device
  • 2:05:40 = the time it took me
  • 9:22 = my pace per mile (WAAAAY faster than the 10:00 I figured I would be running)
  • 6:30 = time on the clock when I stopped my device
  • 6:59 = time on the clock when I pulled into camp to take over toddler duty


And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what I call a very productive and successful morning! Many of you already shouted out your love and support on social media today (cuz I been so shy about this event, right?) so thank you all for that! I will sleep well tonight.....and try to get in a short recovery run tomorrow while the boys eat lunch with Scott and camp. Cuz, ya know, ONWARD!!

P.S. Final number: 0 = the Fed Ex deliveries I received today. Drat! No Juggler Knickers for me yet! Maybe tomorrow.....
Rockin' the messy, unmade bed, towel head and delirious joy at about 6:45AM today! PROVED IT!!

1 comment:

  1. Way to go Phoebe! You are amazing, I don't know how you do it! Happened upon your blog as I was updating my reading blog. At least you actually have people that look at yours :) See you soon!

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