2013 By the Numbers

2013 By the Numbers

433--miles run  (in contrast, I ran 651 miles in 2012)
1237--miles biked (in contrast, I biked 1130 miles in 2012)
57--miles swam (in contrast, I swam 68 miles in 2012)

1852---total miles, not including walks, elliptical, etc

6--half marathons completed (New Year's Race Los Angeles, Tinker Bell, Carlsbad, San Diego, La Jolla, America's Finest City)
1--15k completed  (Mission Gorge)
1--10k completed (Peace Love Run)
7--5ks completed (Electric Run, Puppy Love, Patriot's Run, Aloha Run, Awesome 80s, Oceanside Turkey Trot, Divas)
1--stair climb (9/11 Memorial Stair Climb)
1 triathlon (Mission Bay Sprint)
1 2.4 mile swim (Tiki Swim)

4--the number of those 5k races I ran with my son by my side

2--months I didn't run or bike at all in an effort to heal my herniated disc
2--months I didn't swim at all in an effort to heal a strained rhomboid muscle

80%--percent in which, today, I'd say my sciatic nerve, caused by a herniated disc, is healed

100%- percent in which my rhomoid muscle seems to be healed

4--big fears I conquered (doing a trail race, climbing a major hill on the bike, doing a 2.4 mile Ironman-distance ocean swim, and signing up for my second half Ironman.

2-hospital stays in my family (my husband and my mother)
0--stays in the hospital by my daughter
1--cancer diagnosis (my mother)
1--stroke (my husband)
2--neck braces my daughter had while still recovering from her broken neck


gazillion--the number of prayers I've said for various family members

countless--the moments in which I remain grateful for all I have and my life