True statistics

2/24/11:  date of most recent Asics Landreths purchase.

406.01: running miles logged on most recent Asics Landreths as of 8/17/11.

29:  roughly estimated number of pairs of Asics purchased since the year 2000.

499.02: running miles logged in 2011 to date.

7.4:  training weeks, out of 18, completed for Marine Corps Marathon.

0:  current number of running injuries.

246:  number of times I will knock on wood for the rest of the day because I commented, in the middle of marathon training, that I currently have no running injuries, a statement that traditionally results in me getting an injury shortly thereafter.

7.18:   average minutes-per-mile pace achieved Tuesday, over 3.1 miles, running half-mile repeats at a TMIRCE track workout.

(7.50:  personal record road race average minute-per-mile pace, over 4 miles, in 2007).

12:  number of times Tuesday I headed west, while looping the Harvard Stadium track, and thanked God for the gorgeous sunset.

172:  my weight, in pounds, when I moved to Boston in 1999.

100:  estimated total miles run in the 26 years of life prior to 1999.

132:  my weight, in pounds, today.

Infinite:  number of times per day I thank God for the ability, desire, and health to run.