Run 4 Independence - A New 10K Personal Record

When my alarm went off at 6:00 AM (after being on vacation for two weeks), I didn't have a good feeling about how the Run 4 Independence was going to go: I was tired, it was early, and Fiona (the sweetest little corgi) snuggled up against me in bed. Did I really want to get up to run 6.21 miles?

After a couple of minutes, I decided that "yes, indeed I did", and I crawled out of bed to perform the usual morning routine and get ready. My back felt a bit sore and when I saw the 181.0 on the scale (pre-vacation, I was roughly 175) I figured I was in for a rough run. Add in the fact that I hadn't ran more than 4 miles in three weeks and that I psychologically thought that my knees were hurting from running on the cruise ship last week, it wasn't looking good.

My goal, as always, was to set a new personal record (my 10K PR was 59:03). To beat it, I'd need to average a 9 minute 30 second per mile pace throughout the run. I wasn't sure that was going to happen, so at worst, I didn't want to set a new "personal worst". Mine is 1:02.58.4 which came on the hot and hilly Folsom Run with Nature course. The Run 4 Independence course was advertised as "flat and fast".

The weather was pleasant enough for a run. When I arrived in Elk Grove, there weren't a lot of people there yet, but it filled up quite well as it got closer to start time. I started the run too close to the front of the line (a habit I've developed in Folsom as there tend to be less runners), and I completed my first mile in 8 minutes and 8 seconds: much faster than needed. I hoped that I hadn't blown too much steam in the first mile. My second mile was nearly a minute slower at 9 minutes 5 seconds. Still ahead of the desired pace. My remaining miles were all slower than the desired pace, but not by enough to miss setting a new personal record:

	Pace		+/- Seconds
Mile	Target	Actual	Mile	Overall
1	09:30	08:08	+82	+82
2	09:30	09:05	+25	+107
3	09:30	09:36	-6	+101
4	09:30	09:48	-18	+83
5	09:30	10:11	-41	+42
6	09:30	09:52	-22	+20
+	02:02	02:08	-6	+14

I have a hard time buying that my final fraction of a mile was below desired pace (RunKeeper says my last fraction was ran at 8:22 per mile). I think the course (or my path through it) was actually 1/20 of a mile longer than a 10K. Doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but at 9.5 minutes/mile, 1/20 of a mile takes 28.5 seconds. Perhaps that's a sign that there's more I can take off of my PR in a future run.

My Where's George Week in Review: 06/17/12 - 06/23/12

Hover over this explanation for more detailsThe nerd that I am, I chose to post once a week a summary of my previous week's Where's George activity in comparision to my goals for the year.

In order to make the charts fit, I had to abreviate the column headers. Each header is now hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I received 17 hits in 5 States [CA¹², MA, UT, WA, WI] as well as an international hit in Vientiane, Laos. I now have hits in 35 States in 2012 with 1 added this week: WI. Additionally I now have hits in 428 counties with 2 new this week: Garfield UT, Vernon WI.

Of those 17 hits, 3 were the 2^nd hit on the bill and the rest (14) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 2 Years 364 Days 13 Hours 38 Minutes after I originally entered it.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
4	3	2	2	3	3	0

My most recent hit streak ended yesterday after 31 straight days with hits (my 7th longest hit streak all time). Guess I'll need to start a new streak this week.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, this week was my first negative week for total hits which not surprisingly also was a negative week for bills with hits. Bill entries were slightly ahead of pace which I was not expecting as I spent the majority of the week on a cruise (not entering bills):

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	PPrediction (for Year)	P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total	PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far	WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W	DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD
Bills Entered	16720	19522	19622	100	2902	21720	95.6	19111	+4	+511
Bills with Hits	2430	3044	3058	14	628	3445	19.4	2915	-5	+143
Total Hits	2799	3536	3553	17	754	4030	23.5	3388	-7	+165

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.92% [+0.63%] just slightly behind where I need to be at this time this year:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	GGoal: Number of Total Ones Needed by the End of the Year Based on the Prediction of 5000 Bill Entries This Year	GfWGoal for Week: This Week's Portion of the Goal Based on the Number of Bills Entered in the Week	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers of One Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the GfW	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
$1s Entered	14427	16962	17056	94	2629	18959	90.6	17057	+3	-1

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, my 2009 entries continue to eat away at 2003A's lead:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year			WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Actual WΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal WΔ	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Actual YΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal YΔ
2003A	3603	3753	3755	2	152		GoalNumber of Entries Needed Per Timeframe to Stay on Pace for the Year Based on the Predicted Amount of 5000 Bills Entered	45	1315	+17	+227
2009	1339	2969	3033	64	1694		Actual	62	1542

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", all seven of those FRBs are still beyond my goal for the year:

	SoYStart of Year	SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year	SoWStart of Week	SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week	EoWEnd of Week	EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week	GoalGoal Percentage		GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	9560	48.97%	9584	48.84%	< 50.0%	49.94%	9875	+291
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	638	3.27%	644	3.28%	> 2.8%	2.85%	553	+91
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	653	3.34%	661	3.37%	> 2.4%	2.45%	475	+186
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	541	2.77%	549	2.80%	> 2.3%	2.35%	457	+92
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	520	2.66%	524	2.67%	> 2.2%	2.25%	442	+82
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	424	2.17%	431	2.20%	> 2.1%	2.15%	419	+12
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	435	2.23%	438	2.23%	> 1.7%	1.75%	343	+95

This past week was my worst week for hits all year. The international hit in Laos was the main highlight for the week. Hopefully next week will return to hit goodness.

My Where's George Week in Review: 06/10/12 - 06/16/12

Hover over this explanation for more detailsThe nerd that I am, I chose to post once a week a summary of my previous week's Where's George activity in comparision to my goals for the year.

In order to make the charts fit, I had to abreviate the column headers. Each header is now hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I received 30 hits in 2 States [CA²⁸, WA²]. I still have hits in 34 States in 2012 with none added this week. Additionally I now have hits in 426 counties with none new this week.

Of those 30 hits, 2 were the 3^rd hit on the bill, 6 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (22) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 4 Years 3 Days 22 Hours 55 Minutes after I originally entered it. This bill is my all-time longest active bill. It was a good week for long time active bills: four of my current top ten longest active bills were hit during the past week (1st, 2nd, 7th, and 10th).

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
5	6	3	5	2	2	7

My hit streak continues and is now at 25 days (tied for my 8th best streak all time).

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, it was a good week for all three stats:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	PPrediction (for Year)	P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total	PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far	WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W	DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD
Bills Entered	16720	19388	19522	134	2802	21720	95.6	19015	+38	+507
Bills with Hits	2430	3022	3044	22	614	3445	19.4	2896	+3	+148
Total Hits	2799	3506	3536	30	737	4030	23.5	3364	+6	+172

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.89% [+0.60%]. I went backwards towards this goal this past week and am now behind schedule. I'm not that concerned and expect to catch back up in the next month.

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	GGoal: Number of Total Ones Needed by the End of the Year Based on the Prediction of 5000 Bill Entries This Year	GfWGoal for Week: This Week's Portion of the Goal Based on the Number of Bills Entered in the Week	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers of One Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the GfW	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
$1s Entered	14427	16857	16962	105	2535	18959	121.5	16967	-16	-5

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, I entered no 2003A bills this past week (surprising!) and my 2009 entries are now less than 800 behind 2003A:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year			WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Actual WΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal WΔ	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Actual YΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal YΔ
2003A	3603	3753	3753	0	150		GoalNumber of Entries Needed Per Timeframe to Stay on Pace for the Year Based on the Predicted Amount of 5000 Bills Entered	61	1269	+28	+211
2009	1339	2880	2969	89	1630		Actual	89	1480

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", all are now past their goal:

	SoYStart of Year	SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year	SoWStart of Week	SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week	EoWEnd of Week	EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week	GoalGoal Percentage		GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	9513	49.07%	9560	48.97%	< 50.0%	49.94%	9829	+269
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	631	3.25%	638	3.27%	> 2.8%	2.85%	550	+88
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	646	3.33%	653	3.34%	> 2.4%	2.45%	472	+181
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	532	2.74%	541	2.77%	> 2.3%	2.35%	454	+87
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	514	2.65%	520	2.66%	> 2.2%	2.25%	439	+81
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	416	2.15%	424	2.17%	> 2.1%	2.15%	416	+8
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	430	2.22%	435	2.23%	> 1.7%	1.75%	341	+94

Getting a slew of long time "sleepers" made for an exciting week of hits even if my bills really didn't go anywhere (most stayed in California with just two of the hits coming out of State and both of those were in Washington).

4 Year Sleeper!

Mission Accomplished!

I got my first 4 year sleeper today: 2006 $10 IB639---42A. This must have been one of the first bills that I stamped with my first real Where's George stamp (prior to that stamp, I had an adjustable mail address stamp that "sort of" worked).

I'm surprised (and quite happy) that this wish fell so early in the year. I really thought if it happened, it'd be October or later.

My Where's George Week in Review: 06/03/12 - 06/09/12

Hover over this explanation for more detailsThe nerd that I am, I chose to post once a week a summary of my previous week's Where's George activity in comparision to my goals for the year.

In order to make the charts fit, I had to abreviate the column headers. Each header is now hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I received 29 hits in 6 States [AZ, CA²⁴, HI, MS, NV, OR]. I still have hits in 34 States in 2012 with none added this week. Additionally I now have hits in 426 counties with 1 new this week: Tippah MS. So after waiting so long to get a hit in Mississippi, my second hit in the State came pretty quickly.

Of those 29 hits, 1 was the 3^rd hit on the bill, 2 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (26) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 1 Year 244 Days 21 Hours 24 Minutes after I originally entered it. I think that must be the shortest time active for a week's best this year.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
03	04	05	06	07	08	09
7	1	4	6	5	4	2

7 days added to the current hit streak brings it up to 18 days (my 13th best all time). We'll see how long this one can continue.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, it was a light week for bill entries, but after the past few big weeks, it's OK. I expect that June isn't going to rank high in bills entered this year.

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	PPrediction (for Year)	P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total	PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far	WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W	DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD
Bills Entered	16720	19338	19388	50	2668	21720	95.6	18919	-46	+469
Bills with Hits	2430	2996	3022	26	592	3445	19.4	2876	+7	+146
Total Hits	2799	3477	3506	29	707	4030	23.5	3341	+5	+165

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.95% [+0.66%]. I gained a couple bills on this goal and maintain my slight lead:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	GGoal: Number of Total Ones Needed by the End of the Year Based on the Prediction of 5000 Bill Entries This Year	GfWGoal for Week: This Week's Portion of the Goal Based on the Number of Bills Entered in the Week	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers of One Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the GfW	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
$1s Entered	14427	16810	16857	47	2430	18959	45.3	16845	+2	+12

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, I moved even further ahead, and there are less than 900 bills separating the two:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year			WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Actual WΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal WΔ	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Actual YΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal YΔ
2003A	3603	3750	3753	3	150		GoalNumber of Entries Needed Per Timeframe to Stay on Pace for the Year Based on the Predicted Amount of 5000 Bills Entered	23	1209	+9	+182
2009	1339	2845	2880	35	1541		Actual	32	1391

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", Minneapolis has now joined the others in being ahead of pace for the year:

	SoYStart of Year	SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year	SoWStart of Week	SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week	EoWEnd of Week	EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week	GoalGoal Percentage		GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	9494	49.10%	9513	49.07%	< 50.0%	49.94%	9767	+254
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	629	3.25%	631	3.25%	> 2.8%	2.85%	546	+85
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	642	3.32%	646	3.33%	> 2.4%	2.45%	469	+177
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	527	2.73%	532	2.74%	> 2.3%	2.35%	451	+81
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	512	2.65%	514	2.65%	> 2.2%	2.25%	436	+78
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	412	2.13%	416	2.15%	> 2.1%	2.15%	413	+3
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	426	2.20%	430	2.22%	> 1.7%	1.75%	339	+91

It was a good week for hits, but the week felt a bit off. I think that was because of the decreased entries and the large amount of hits received in the past few weeks. Perhaps things are [sadly] returning to "normal".

My Where's George Week in Review: 05/27/12 - 06/02/12

Hover over this explanation for more detailsThe nerd that I am, I chose to post once a week a summary of my previous week's Where's George activity in comparision to my goals for the year.

In order to make the charts fit, I had to abreviate the column headers. Each header is now hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I received 36 hits in 9 States [AZ, CA²⁶, GA, HI, KS, NM, NV², OH, OR] as well as an international hit in Munich, Germany. I still have hits in 34 States in 2012 with none added this week. Additionally I now have hits in 425 counties with 5 new this week: Douglas KS, Otero NM, Humboldt NV, Summit OH, Wallowa OR.

Of those 36 hits, 5 were the 2^nd hit on the bill and the rest (31) were the initial hit on the bill. The longest bill active from the bunch was re-entered 3 Years 53 Days 0 Hours 55 Minutes after I originally entered it.

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
27	28	29	30	31	01	02
3	6	5	5	6	4	7

A week of zero hit-less days extends my current hit streak to 11 days.

Taking a look at how my predictions regarding bill entries and hits are going so far, it was another big week for bill entries as I finished my trip to Las Vegas. I expect that June will take a bite out of my surplus entries:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	PPrediction (for Year)	P/WPrediction for Week: A Week's Share of the Total	PtDPrediction to Date: The Portion of the Prediction that should be Completed so Far	WvPWeek versus Prediction: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the P/W	DvPDate versus Prediction: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the PtD
Bills Entered	16720	19161	19338	177	2618	21720	95.6	18824	+81	+514
Bills with Hits	2430	2965	2996	31	566	3445	19.4	2857	+12	+139
Total Hits	2799	3441	3477	36	678	4030	23.5	3317	+12	+160

Based on the goal of 5000 bill entries, here's how I'm doing towards my bill entry goals. Starting off with my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 86.29% so the goal is 87.29%), my percentage is now 86.93% [+0.64%]. I lost a little bit of my edge again this week, but I think that will turn around in the next few weeks.

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	GGoal: Number of Total Ones Needed by the End of the Year Based on the Prediction of 5000 Bill Entries This Year	GfWGoal for Week: This Week's Portion of the Goal Based on the Number of Bills Entered in the Week	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers of One Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Week's Numbers Stack Up Against the GfW	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
$1s Entered	14427	16658	16810	152	2383	18959	160.4	16800	-8	+10

As for the goal of having series 2009 pass series 2003A in number of entries, I was a bill behind what I needed to keep pace this past week, however, which such the large lead that I have, I'm still not concerned:

	SoYStart of Year	SoWStart of Week	EoWEnd of Week	WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year			WΔWeek Change: Number Added this Week	YΔYear Change: Number Added this Year	WvGWeek versus Goal: How the Actual WΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal WΔ	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Actual YΔ Stacks Up Against the Goal YΔ
2003A	3603	3739	3750	11	147		GoalNumber of Entries Needed Per Timeframe to Stay on Pace for the Year Based on the Predicted Amount of 5000 Bills Entered	80	1186	-1	+173
2009	1339	2755	2845	90	1506		Actual	79	1359

And for my goal of decreasing San Francisco "L" FRB entries below 50.0% while increasing Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J", everything but "I" is still way ahead and Minneapolis bills are just about to move to ahead of pace:

	SoYStart of Year	SoY%Percentage of Overall at Start of Year	SoWStart of Week	SoW%Percentage of Overall at Start of Week	EoWEnd of Week	EoW%Percentage of Overall at End of Week	GoalGoal Percentage		GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Met the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD
San Francisco "L"	8532	51.03%	9430	49.21%	9494	49.10%	< 50.0%	49.94%	9744	+250
Boston "A"	461	2.76%	620	3.24%	629	3.25%	> 2.8%	2.85%	544	+85
Cleveland "D"	395	2.36%	635	3.31%	642	3.32%	> 2.4%	2.45%	467	+175
St. Louis "H"	382	2.28%	512	2.67%	527	2.73%	> 2.3%	2.35%	450	+77
Philadelphia "C"	376	2.25%	503	2.63%	512	2.65%	> 2.2%	2.25%	435	+77
Minneapolis "I"	352	2.11%	388	2.02%	412	2.13%	> 2.1%	2.15%	412	-0
Kansas City "J"	290	1.73%	420	2.19%	426	2.20%	> 1.7%	1.75%	338	+88

May finished strongly, and June has started well. Should be interesting to see June follows up my record month in May.

WG Predictions/Goals/Wishes Update: May

In May, I set new records for bills entered (730) and hits (160). The hits record was 21 (!) hits more than the record I had just set in April. Craziness! I averaged over 5 hits a day in May, but I had only average over 4 in three previous months. Hopefully this isn't a sign that I'm overdue for a nasty slump (knock on wood!).

• Predictions
• 13.66 Bills Entered Per Day
• I entered 730 bills in May for an average of 23.55 bills per day. This puts the yearly total to 2573 and raises the daily average to 16.93. To hit this goal, I'll just have to average 11.34 for the rest of the year. Since I'm well ahead on this goal, and it appears that I'm easily going to surpass this goal, I now predict I'll enter 5500 bills this year. The predictions below will be based on this updated number.
• 1231 Hits in 2012 / 4030 Overall Hits
• I got 160 hits in May bringing the yearly total to 667 which is ahead of where I need to be for my 2012 goal. Including the new data from May, the hit prediction program from the original prediction post calculated that I'd get 805 more hits in 2012. That would result in 1472 hits in 2012 and 4271 overall. My expected slugging percentage drops to 19.22% (up 0.29%) from last month.
• 1015 Additional Bills with Hits in 2012 / 3445 Overall Bills with Hits
• Of the 160 hits, 133 were the initial hit on a bill putting my additional bills with hits in 2012 at 557. Using the output from the prediction program and Excel, I obtained a calculation of 655 more bills with hits. That would result in 1212 in 2012 and 3642 overall. That would put my expected hit rate at 16.39% (up 0.20% from last month).
• State Bingo Completion
• I got a hit in Mississippi in May leaving just West Virginia to go.
• One Additional California County Hit in 2012 / 53 Counties Hit Overall
• I got a hit in Del Norte in May, and so this prediction is now fulfilled.
• 17 Additional FRB Bingos / 57 FRB Bingos Overall
• I completed 2 additional FRB bingos in May to put my total to 52. That puts me on pace for 23 in the year which is ahead of where I need to be. With the bills I'm inserting, this one should be a slam dunk.
• No More Than 13 Hitless Days
• I had my third hitless day in May. Three hitless days in five months puts me ahead of where I need to be for this prediction, however, I've gotten one in each of the last three months.
• 80+ Day Hit Streak
• Already completed (81 day streak). Current streak is at 9 days.
• Goals
• National Rank Under 1000 in November & December
• I finished the month in the mid 800s and was never higher than 945. This is looking like a slam dunk. On a slightly depressing note, the number of active users appears to be dropping again.
• State Rank Under 75
• I spent most of the month in the mid 70s with a few spells near 70 and 80. I'm feeling more comfortable about completing this one.
• $1s Making Up >87.29% of All Entries
• I ended the month at 86.94% which puts me nearly two-thirds of the way to this goal. I'm still thinking this one should be a slam dunk.
• More Series 2009 Entries Than 2003A
• Lots of progress was made toward this in March, and 2003A's lead is now under 1000. I'm still ahead of pace for this one, and that pace is increasing. This one should be accomplished in roughly 3 months.
• Decrease San Francisco "L" FRB Bills Below 50%
• The San Francisco percentage is now down to 49.1%. I think it will continue to decrease as my insertion rate is high, and then the key will be whether or not it stays below.
• Increase Percentage of Boston "A", Cleveland "D", St. Louis "H", Philadelphia "C", Minneapolis "I", and Kansas City "J" FRB Bills
• All but Minneapolis are currently above the desired percentage. I'm now inserting "I" bills, so in a month or so, Minneapolis should also be above.
• 30 Zip Codes with 25+ Entries
• Still no progress. This one may be harder than I expected to complete.
• Wishes
• 5 Hit Bill
• No five hit bill yet.
• New Record Month for Hits
• Completed in January. Broken in March. Broken again in April. Broken once more in May. New record is 160 hits.
• Surpass 500 2006 L-L $1 Entries
• I entered 6 of these in May putting my total at 505 which surpasses the goal.
• Surpass 400 Entries with one 2009 FRB/Block Combo and 300 with Another
• My top 2009 block is LG with 304 entries with 16 entered in May and 139 total in 2012. If I continue to enter LGs at this pace, it will get to 400. Not sure how likely this pace is to continue. LB is second with 290 (11 in May, 55 in 2012). LB should hit 300. Third is LF with 263 (15 in May, 68 in 2012). LF should also hit 300. No other series 2009 FRB/block combo has reached 200 entries.
• Complete Non-Star Portions of Series 2003A and 2006 $1 Bingo
• No new spots marked off in May, so I still have 6 more spots to go for each bingo and haven't crossed off a spot on 2003A all year. This one is not going to happen.
• 4+ Year Active Bill
• Still not close to getting one of these although #3 and #5 on my longest active list were hit in May. I still think the best chance for this in the in last quarter of the year.