Finished goal of running the distance of 2,080 miles from Lafayette, LA to Washington D.C and back!!!...plus 339.1 miles


0.0 miles run this week.
Daily running average for the week is 0.00 miles per day.
Total amount run in the past 800 days is 2,419.1 miles.
Daily running average overall is 3.02 miles per day.

Day250 Friday 05/06/11

ran 4.2 miles
  • New Mexico was the forty-seventh state to join the union on January 6, 1912, one month before Arizona and five years after Oklahoma.
  • Population, as of 2010, is 2,059,179.
  • Senators are Jeff Bingaman (D) and Tom Udall (D).
  • Representatives are Martin Heinrich (D), Steven Pearce (R) and Ben Lujan (D).
  • New Mexico has five electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted for thirteen Democrats and twelve Republicans. As split as New Mexico’s votes have been over the past ninety-nine years, they have remarkably only voted for the losing side twice (Gerald Ford in 1976 and George W. Bush in 2000). Barack Obama defeated John McCain 57% to 42% in 2008.
April jobs +244,000, yet unemployment back up to nine percent. Fannie Mae reports $8.7 billion loss for first quarter; seeks $8.5 billion more from taxpayers. Gas national average $3.99. No word of 2012 budget talks in the news.

Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden.

Osama Bin Laden.

This good news and massive distraction from the issues that were being covered up until Sunday night could not have come at a better time for our president. The more important domestic issues we have been wrestling with have been put to the side like a steak pushed away to devour a few fries.

Osama Bin Laden.

1,351.3 miles to go.