Country Music Marathon By the Numbers

2 -- Number of marathons I have now completed

3 -- Number of people in my personal cheering section along the course (Thanks Katina, Scott and Jen!)

4:12:18 -- My official finishing time

4:30:00 -- My fnishing time goal going into the marathon

4.5 -- Number of Power Gels I consumed during the race

7:00 a.m. CST -- Start time of the 2006 Country Music Marathon

8:32.35 -- Time of my fastest mile, mile 10

9:38 -- My average pace

10 -- My starting corral

10 -- My fastest mile (8:32.35)

11:37.48 -- Time of my slowest mile, mile 25

25 -- My slowest mile (11:37.48)

26.2 -- Distance in miles covered during the race

32:20 -- Total time improvement in minutes and seconds over my first marathon

131 -- My overall finishing place out of 348 entrants in my age group (Males 30-34)

307 -- Our room number at the Day's Inn Vanderbilt

822 -- My overall finishing place among the 2,226 male marathon entrants

1,125 -- My overall finishing place out 4,022 marathon runners

12,251 -- My offical race bib number