My Where's George Week in Review: 07/21/13 - 07/27/13

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 hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I got 35 hits in 8 States [CA²⁶, HI², MN, MT, NV², NY, OR, WA]. Of those hits, 3 were the 3^rd hit on the bill, 4 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (28) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
1	5	4	3	5	10	7

I came into the week with a 70 day hit streak. After a scare on Sunday where I didn't get a hit until late into the day, I managed to get a hit every day of this week which extended the streak to 77 days: good for my 5^th longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:

Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days		Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days
1.	10/07/2012	01/02/2013	88		6.	07/28/2011	09/23/2011	58
2.	02/08/2013	05/05/2013	87		7.	09/26/2011	11/18/2011	54
3.	12/28/2011	03/17/2012	81		8.	06/24/2012	08/16/2012	54
4.	04/13/2011	06/30/2011	79		9.	04/04/2012	05/21/2012	48
5.	05/12/2013	07/27/2013	77		10.	01/04/2013	02/06/2013	34

Of the 8 States in which I received hits this past week, none were the first hit for that State in 2013. Overall I've received hits in 41 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:

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Additionally in the past week I received my first hit in 1 county bringing my total of counties hit to 538. The newly hit county was Renville MN. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:

483       581

Previous New Still Needed for Goal

Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 4 Years 88 Days 14 Hours 48 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 8^th on my all-time longest active list. My tenth longest active bill also was hit this past week. My top ten longest active bills list is now:

Rank	Bill Info			Time Active	Last Update	Hits
1.	$10	2003	DL947---91A	4 Years 238 Days 13 Hours 41 Minutes	03/08/2013	2
2.	$1	2003A	L4532---3K	4 Years 200 Days 22 Minutes	10/12/2012	1
3.	$1	2006	L2080---0I	4 Years 166 Days 12 Hours 17 Minutes	07/06/2013	1
4.	$1	2003A	L3475---2C	4 Years 165 Days 9 Hours 56 Minutes	02/04/2013	2
5.	$1	2006	L8846---7H	4 Years 133 Days 59 Minutes	06/17/2013	1
6.	$10	2006	IB188---86B	4 Years 103 Days 18 Hours 40 Minutes	03/20/2013	1
7.	$1	2006	L6816---7G	4 Years 91 Days 13 Hours 31 Minutes	06/18/2013	1
8.	$1	2006	L5171---3A	4 Years 88 Days 14 Hours 48 Minutes	07/27/2013	3
9.	$5	2003	DL906---99C	4 Years 56 Days 48 Minutes	09/11/2012	1
10.	$1	2006	L9460---4B	4 Years 44 Days 20 Hours 5 Minutes	07/22/2013	1

I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:

	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	22920	27300	27464	164	4544	28920	115.1	26339	+49	+1125
Bills with Hits	3704	4422	4450	28	746	5074	26.3	4485	+2	-35
Total Hits	4330	5208	5243	35	913	6030	32.6	5299	+2	-56

At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 7974 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 64.9 bills per week for the rest of the year.

Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.18% [+0.55%].

	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 6000 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	20086	24066	24218	152	4132	25634	151.6	24288	+0	-70
Dynamic GoalProgress towards the goal based on my actual rate of entering bills per day which would result in 7973.84615384615 entries this year rather than 6000						27383	150.1	24245	+2	-27

Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:

	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	G%Goal Percentage	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD	#IBNumber of Inserted Bills
Boston "A"	781	3.41%	952	3.49%	953	3.47%	3.51%	954	-1	73
New York "B"	1691	7.38%	2053	7.52%	2067	7.53%	7.58%	2062	+5	66
Philadelphia "C"	656	2.86%	804	2.95%	809	2.95%	2.96%	805	+4	44
Cleveland "D"	819	3.57%	998	3.66%	1006	3.66%	3.67%	1000	+6	6
Richmond "E"	1569	6.85%	1909	6.99%	1931	7.03%	7.05%	1916	+15	6
Atlanta "F"	2096	9.14%	2630	9.63%	2652	9.66%	9.64%	2600	+52	14
Chicago "G"	1502	6.55%	1847	6.77%	1860	6.77%	6.75%	1836	+24	6
St. Louis "H"	740	3.23%	900	3.30%	907	3.30%	3.33%	905	+2	48
Minneapolis "I"	602	2.63%	735	2.69%	741	2.70%	2.73%	740	+1	82
Kansas City "J"	558	2.43%	685	2.51%	687	2.50%	2.53%	687	0	62
Dallas "K"	953	4.16%	1170	4.29%	1179	4.29%	4.36%	1178	+1	65

At this point in the year, if I've entered 57 bills for a particular FRB than I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB.

After a slow start, the end of the week really picked things up to take this from a below average to slightly above average week of hits. Hopefully this upcoming week is also a good one for hits but perhaps without the slow start.

12 Weeks Until the Folsom Blues Breakout Half Marathon

My plans for stilling in running shape over the summer haven't gone according to plan due to a number of reasons with the main one being that I overdid it a bit in the spring, it's been a hotter summer than usual, I've gone on a few spaced out vacations that have interrupted my training flow, and I haven't been that good at sticking to my diet.

I had planned to keep my distances up and complete a nine and ten mile run in each month. I've done a couple runs over eight miles but nothing over nine. I'm sure I can ramp back up, but depending on the heat, it'll depend over how many weeks.

What worked well for me for the Shamrock'n Half Marathon in the Spring was targeting a one mile increase in my long run (Saturday) every two weeks while doing at least eight miles in the other week. I'd also run a couple of five mile runs during the week. I'd like to do the same this go around along with adding a 3.5 mile run on the Sundays following the 8 miler.

To be on track for that, I'd need to do a long run of seven miles today. I currently have a bit of a cold, so I decided to go for 3.5-5 instead. I'm pleased to report that I did the five. I think if I also do five miles on Monday and Wednesday with an optional 3.5 tomorrow depending on how I feel, that I should be able to go for 8 next weekend and be right on track.

If not, last year I followed a seven week plan to get up in distance for the Four Bridges Half Marathon (which is now the Folsom Blues Breakout Half Marathon), and if things don't cooperate this year, I could do the same plan again. I pulled a muscle in my right hamstring using that training plan - in part because it was intense and also in part due to my efforts to set a new 5K PR, so I'd rather go with a slower route.

As part of this, I'm going to have to keep an eye on my weight and get back to my diet. I was 180.8 this morning, and I had originally hoped to be in the 167 range by race day. The low 170s are now more a realistic goal, but it's going to be a bit of work. I've been thinking that I need to up the protein I eat while backing off a bit on carbs (especially after running and before days where I'm not running). Hopefully that combination helps me out with my training.

My Where's George Week in Review: 07/14/13 - 07/20/13

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 hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I got 35 hits in 7 States [AR, CA²⁷, HI, IA, KS, MS, NV³]. Of those hits, 5 were the 2^nd hit on the bill and the rest (30) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
4	5	4	6	3	6	7

I came into the week with a 63 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 70 days: good for my 5^th longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:

Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days		Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days
1.	10/07/2012	01/02/2013	88		6.	07/28/2011	09/23/2011	58
2.	02/08/2013	05/05/2013	87		7.	09/26/2011	11/18/2011	54
3.	12/28/2011	03/17/2012	81		8.	06/24/2012	08/16/2012	54
4.	04/13/2011	06/30/2011	79		9.	04/04/2012	05/21/2012	48
5.	05/12/2013	07/20/2013	70		10.	01/04/2013	02/06/2013	34

Of the 7 States in which I received hits this past week, one was the first hit for that State in 2013: Mississippi. Overall I've received hits in 41 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:

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The hit in Arkansas was my first since January of 2013. The hit in Mississippi was my first in over a year (June 2012).

I didn't get any hits in previously unhit counties in the past week leaving my total of counties hit at 537. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:

483     581

Previous Still Needed for Goal

Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 2 Years 248 Days 14 Hours 8 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 130^th on my all-time longest active list.

I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:

	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	22920	27175	27300	125	4380	28920	115.1	26224	+10	+1076
Bills with Hits	3704	4392	4422	30	718	5074	26.3	4458	+4	-36
Total Hits	4330	5173	5208	35	878	6030	32.6	5266	+2	-58

At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 7954 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 69.1 bills per week for the rest of the year.

Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.15% [+0.52%].

	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 6000 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	20086	23945	24066	121	3980	25634	115.6	24137	+5	-71
Dynamic GoalProgress towards the goal based on my actual rate of entering bills per day which would result in 7953.73134328358 entries this year rather than 6000						27366	114.4	24095	+7	-29

Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:

	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	G%Goal Percentage	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD	#IBNumber of Inserted Bills
Boston "A"	781	3.41%	943	3.47%	952	3.49%	3.51%	948	+4	73
New York "B"	1691	7.38%	2042	7.51%	2053	7.52%	7.58%	2049	+4	63
Philadelphia "C"	656	2.86%	798	2.94%	804	2.95%	2.96%	799	+5	44
Cleveland "D"	819	3.57%	989	3.64%	998	3.66%	3.67%	994	+4	6
Richmond "E"	1569	6.85%	1900	6.99%	1909	6.99%	7.05%	1904	+5	4
Atlanta "F"	2096	9.14%	2621	9.64%	2630	9.63%	9.64%	2582	+48	14
Chicago "G"	1502	6.55%	1837	6.76%	1847	6.77%	6.75%	1824	+23	6
St. Louis "H"	740	3.23%	898	3.30%	900	3.30%	3.33%	899	+1	46
Minneapolis "I"	602	2.63%	733	2.70%	735	2.69%	2.73%	735	0	79
Kansas City "J"	558	2.43%	682	2.51%	685	2.51%	2.53%	682	+3	62
Dallas "K"	953	4.16%	1166	4.29%	1170	4.29%	4.36%	1170	0	61

At this point in the year, if I've entered 55 bills for a particular FRB than I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB.

This week I got my 53^rd two hit/three State bill which traveled from California -> Illinois -> Kansas.

Yet another good week of hits. Hopefully this success continues on.

My Where's George Week in Review: 07/07/13 - 07/13/13

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 hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I got 35 hits in 12 States [AL, CA¹⁷, MA, MN, MO, MT, NJ, NV⁶, TX², UT, VA, WA²]. Of those hits, 1 was the 3^rd hit on the bill, 7 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (27) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
07	08	09	10	11	12	13
4	5	6	4	8	6	2

I came into the week with a 56 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 63 days: good for my 5^th longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:

Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days		Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days
1.	10/07/2012	01/02/2013	88		6.	07/28/2011	09/23/2011	58
2.	02/08/2013	05/05/2013	87		7.	09/26/2011	11/18/2011	54
3.	12/28/2011	03/17/2012	81		8.	06/24/2012	08/16/2012	54
4.	04/13/2011	06/30/2011	79		9.	04/04/2012	05/21/2012	48
5.	05/12/2013	07/13/2013	63		10.	01/04/2013	02/06/2013	34

Of the 12 States in which I received hits this past week, 1 were the first hit for that State in 2013: MT. Overall I've received hits in 40 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:

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That hit in Montana was my first since August of 2012. Additionally, the hits in Massachusetts and Minnesota were my first in those States since March.

Additionally in the past week I received my first hit in 4 counties bringing my total of counties hit to 537. The newly hit counties were Plymouth MA, Jefferson MO, Lake MT, and Somerset NJ. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:

483       581

Previous New Still Needed for Goal

Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 3 Years 14 Days 13 Hours 59 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 74^th on my all-time longest active list.

I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:

	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	22920	27056	27175	119	4255	28920	115.1	26109	+4	+1066
Bills with Hits	3704	4365	4392	27	688	5074	26.3	4432	+1	-40
Total Hits	4330	5138	5173	35	843	6030	32.6	5234	+2	-61

At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 8006 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 71.4 bills per week for the rest of the year.

Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.11% [+0.48%].

	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 6000 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	20086	23832	23945	113	3859	25634	110.0	24021	+3	-76
Dynamic GoalProgress towards the goal based on my actual rate of entering bills per day which would result in 8005.5412371134 entries this year rather than 6000						27411	108.9	23980	+4	-35

Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:

	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	G%Goal Percentage	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD	#IBNumber of Inserted Bills
Boston "A"	781	3.41%	939	3.47%	943	3.47%	3.51%	943	0	70
New York "B"	1691	7.38%	2031	7.51%	2042	7.51%	7.58%	2039	+3	59
Philadelphia "C"	656	2.86%	793	2.93%	798	2.94%	2.96%	795	+3	44
Cleveland "D"	819	3.57%	987	3.65%	989	3.64%	3.67%	989	0	2
Richmond "E"	1569	6.85%	1891	6.99%	1900	6.99%	7.05%	1894	+6	4
Atlanta "F"	2096	9.14%	2605	9.63%	2621	9.64%	9.64%	2568	+53	14
Chicago "G"	1502	6.55%	1830	6.76%	1837	6.76%	6.75%	1814	+23	6
St. Louis "H"	740	3.23%	888	3.28%	898	3.30%	3.33%	895	+3	46
Minneapolis "I"	602	2.63%	727	2.69%	733	2.70%	2.73%	731	+2	78
Kansas City "J"	558	2.43%	677	2.50%	682	2.51%	2.53%	679	+3	62
Dallas "K"	953	4.16%	1159	4.28%	1166	4.29%	4.36%	1163	+3	60

At this point in the year, if I've entered 53 bills for a particular FRB then I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB. Nice to see all of the FRBs at or ahead of where they need to be at this point in the year. Didn't notice this before, but Chicago ("G") is above goal percentage and Atlanta ("F") just reached goal percentage.

It was a good week all the way around. Don't know that I ever remember seeing my hits spread across so many States nor having a State other than CA with more than 3 hits (I got 6 in Nevada this week). Hopefully this good fortune will continue on next week.

2013 Folsom Firecracker 10K

The Folsom Firecracker 10K took place on the last day of a heat wave in the Sacramento area, and my performance in the event suffered as a result. There were five water stops along the run, and I used the stops more for pouring the water over my head to stay cool rather than to re-hydrate.

I didn't run for a week leading up to the event to rest up and to avoid the heat. I wasn't quite sure what pace to target for the run. Last year I finished the same race in just under an hour (59:56). I wanted to beat that, and thought that targeting 55 minutes would be about right (which would be a target of ~8:51/mile). That'd be about midway between my time last year and my PR of 50:49.

As it turned out, the heat was too much for me, and I withered away pretty quickly. Only my first mile was better than the pace I wanted, and I lost about a half minute per mile for each mile after that. Here's a look at my mile breakdowns:

• Mile 1 - 08:27
• Mile 2 - 09:04
• Mile 3 - 09:31
• Mile 4 - 10:02
• Mile 5 - 10:33
• Mile 6 - 10:57
• Mile + - 02:52 (10:35/mile pace)

Adding it up, I came closer to setting a new PW (Personal Worst) for the 10K rather than meeting my goal:

It's hard to reconcile this performance with my last 10K where I set my PR since I was over 10 minutes slower this go round, but looking at the stats for the runs, a couple things are clear: my PR was set when the temperature was 57º whereas this run was 91º (with 34% humidity) and this course was hillier than the PR course. I've heard that 60º is the optimal running temperature and that there would be performance degradation for every 5º above that.

One really nice thing that was done for this race that I hadn't seen before was the ability to create (and print) a finisher certificate for the race. Here's mine:

Looks good and it's a nice touch (meets what I'm doing with my badges). Hopefully more of these will be available in the future.

The race ended up being more focused on "survival" and finishing than dominating. I'm happy to say that I ran the whole way since I did have thoughts of stopping and walking throughout. I'd like to write that all off to heat, but I think I could have been better prepared to run in the conditions.

My Where's George Week in Review: 06/30/13 - 07/06/13

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 hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I got 29 hits in 7 States [AZ, CA¹⁹, IA, NV⁴, NY, OR, WA] as well as an international hit in Tornesch, Germany;. Of those hits, 1 was the 3^rd hit on the bill, 4 were the 2^nd hit on the bill, and the rest (24) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
30	01	02	03	04	05	06
3	4	5	5	4	1	7

I came into the week with a 49 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 56 days: good for my 6^th longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:

Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days		Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days
1.	10/07/2012	01/02/2013	88		6.	05/12/2013	07/06/2013	56
2.	02/08/2013	05/05/2013	87		7.	09/26/2011	11/18/2011	54
3.	12/28/2011	03/17/2012	81		8.	06/24/2012	08/16/2012	54
4.	04/13/2011	06/30/2011	79		9.	04/04/2012	05/21/2012	48
5.	07/28/2011	09/23/2011	58		10.	01/04/2013	02/06/2013	34

Of the 7 States in which I received hits this past week, 1 were the first hit for that State in 2013: IA. Overall I've received hits in 39 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:

0         51

Previous New Still Needed for Goal Beyond Goal

The hit in Iowa was my first since October of 2012.

Additionally in the past week I received my first hit in 1 county bringing my total of counties hit to 533. The newly hit county was Muscatine IA. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:

483       581

Previous New Still Needed for Goal

Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 4 Years 166 Days 12 Hours 17 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 3^rd on my all-time longest active list. My top ten longest active bills list is now:

Rank	Bill Info			Time Active	Last Update	Hits
1.	$10	2003	DL947---91A	4 Years 238 Days 13 Hours 41 Minutes	03/08/2013	2
2.	$1	2003A	L4532---3K	4 Years 200 Days 22 Minutes	10/12/2012	1
3.	$1	2006	L2080---0I	4 Years 166 Days 12 Hours 17 Minutes	07/06/2013	1
4.	$1	2003A	L3475---2C	4 Years 165 Days 9 Hours 56 Minutes	02/04/2013	2
5.	$1	2006	L8846---7H	4 Years 133 Days 59 Minutes	06/17/2013	1
6.	$10	2006	IB188---86B	4 Years 103 Days 18 Hours 40 Minutes	03/20/2013	1
7.	$1	2006	L6816---7G	4 Years 91 Days 13 Hours 31 Minutes	06/18/2013	1
8.	$5	2003	DL906---99C	4 Years 56 Days 48 Minutes	09/11/2012	1
9.	$1	2003A	L6163---1M	4 Years 43 Days 21 Hours 25 Minutes	04/23/2013	2
10.	$1	2006	H9275---2A	4 Years 17 Days 1 Minute	09/14/2012	2

I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:

	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	22920	26933	27056	123	4136	28920	115.1	25994	+8	+1062
Bills with Hits	3704	4341	4365	24	661	5074	26.3	4406	-2	-41
Total Hits	4330	5109	5138	29	808	6030	32.6	5201	-4	-63

At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 8073 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 73.3 bills per week for the rest of the year.

Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.08% [+0.45%].

	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 6000 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	20086	23743	23832	89	3746	25634	113.7	23911	-25	-79
Dynamic GoalProgress towards the goal based on my actual rate of entering bills per day which would result in 8072.94117647059 entries this year rather than 6000						27471	112.5	23870	-24	-38

Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:

	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	G%Goal Percentage	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD	#IBNumber of Inserted Bills
Boston "A"	781	3.41%	931	3.46%	939	3.47%	3.51%	939	0	67
New York "B"	1691	7.38%	2021	7.50%	2031	7.51%	7.58%	2029	+2	54
Philadelphia "C"	656	2.86%	787	2.92%	793	2.93%	2.96%	791	+2	43
Cleveland "D"	819	3.57%	982	3.65%	987	3.65%	3.67%	983	+4	2
Richmond "E"	1569	6.85%	1882	6.99%	1891	6.99%	7.05%	1885	+6	4
Atlanta "F"	2096	9.14%	2591	9.62%	2605	9.63%	9.64%	2555	+50	14
Chicago "G"	1502	6.55%	1818	6.75%	1830	6.76%	6.75%	1806	+24	6
St. Louis "H"	740	3.23%	887	3.29%	888	3.28%	3.33%	890	-2	41
Minneapolis "I"	602	2.63%	723	2.68%	727	2.69%	2.73%	728	-1	74
Kansas City "J"	558	2.43%	673	2.50%	677	2.50%	2.53%	675	+2	61
Dallas "K"	953	4.16%	1157	4.30%	1159	4.28%	4.36%	1157	+2	58

At this point in the year, if I've entered 51 bills for a particular FRB than I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB.

Not a bad week but not a great one either. A decent start to the new month though.

My Where's George Week in Review: 06/23/13 - 06/29/13

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 hoverable for an explanation.

In the past week, I got 37 hits in 10 States [AZ², CA²⁶, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, NV², NY, WA]. Of those hits, 6 were the 2^nd hit on the bill and the rest (31) were the initial hit on the bill. Below is a calendar view of the hits throughout the week:

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
7	5	6	6	4	3	6

I came into the week with a 42 day hit streak. I got a hit on every day of this week which extended the streak to 49 days: good for my 8^th longest streak all-time. Here's a look at my all-time ten longest hit streaks:

Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days		Rank	Start Date	End Date	Days
1.	10/07/2012	01/02/2013	88		6.	09/26/2011	11/18/2011	54
2.	02/08/2013	05/05/2013	87		7.	06/24/2012	08/16/2012	54
3.	12/28/2011	03/17/2012	81		8.	05/12/2013	06/29/2013	49
4.	04/13/2011	06/30/2011	79		9.	04/04/2012	05/21/2012	48
5.	07/28/2011	09/23/2011	58		10.	01/04/2013	02/06/2013	34

Of the 10 States in which I received hits this past week, none were the first hit for that State in 2013. Overall I've received hits in 38 States in 2013. Here's how that stands towards my goal of 46 States hit:

0       51

Previous Still Needed for Goal Beyond Goal

Additionally in the past week I received my first hit in 1 county bringing my total of counties hit to 532. The newly hit county was Wyoming NY. I set a goal of 98 new counties hit in 2013, and here's a look at my progress towards that goal:

483       581

Previous New Still Needed for Goal

Of the bills hit in the past week, the longest active bill from the bunch was re-entered 3 Years 5 Days 17 Hours 12 Minutes after I originally entered it. That bill is now 74^th on my all-time longest active list.

I made predictions regarding bill entries and hits and new bills with hits for 2013. Here's a look at how I'm doing towards those predictions:

	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	22920	26606	26933	327	4013	28920	115.1	25879	+212	+1054
Bills with Hits	3704	4310	4341	31	637	5074	26.3	4380	+5	-39
Total Hits	4330	5072	5109	37	779	6030	32.6	5168	+4	-59

At the current rate I'm entering bills in 2013, I'll end up with 8137 bills entered. To hit my goal of 6000 entries, I'll need to just average 75.2 bills per week for the rest of the year.

Looking at my goal of increasing the percentage that $1s make up of my entries by 1% (started the year at 87.64% so the goal is 88.64%), my percentage is now 88.16% [+0.52%].

	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 6000 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	20086	23468	23743	275	3657	25634	302.4	23797	-27	-54
Dynamic GoalProgress towards the goal based on my actual rate of entering bills per day which would result in 8137.47222222222 entries this year rather than 6000						27528	299.1	23757	-24	-14

Regarding my goal of increasing my non-San Francisco FRB entries, here's a table of my current progress:

	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	G%Goal Percentage	GtDGoal to Date: The Numbers Needed to be Entered so Far this Year to be on Track to Meet the Overall Goal	DvGDate versus Goal: How the Year's Numbers So Far Stack Up Against the GtD	#IBNumber of Inserted Bills
Boston "A"	781	3.41%	923	3.47%	931	3.46%	3.51%	934	-3	63
New York "B"	1691	7.38%	1994	7.49%	2021	7.50%	7.58%	2018	+3	52
Philadelphia "C"	656	2.86%	780	2.93%	787	2.92%	2.96%	787	0	41
Cleveland "D"	819	3.57%	971	3.65%	982	3.65%	3.67%	978	+4	2
Richmond "E"	1569	6.85%	1858	6.98%	1882	6.99%	7.05%	1875	+7	4
Atlanta "F"	2096	9.14%	2549	9.58%	2591	9.62%	9.64%	2540	+51	14
Chicago "G"	1502	6.55%	1794	6.74%	1818	6.75%	6.75%	1796	+22	6
St. Louis "H"	740	3.23%	878	3.30%	887	3.29%	3.33%	885	+2	41
Minneapolis "I"	602	2.63%	716	2.69%	723	2.68%	2.73%	723	0	73
Kansas City "J"	558	2.43%	663	2.49%	673	2.50%	2.53%	672	+1	59
Dallas "K"	953	4.16%	1140	4.28%	1157	4.30%	4.36%	1151	+6	58

At this point in the year, if I've entered 49 bills for a particular FRB than I'm on pace to enter 100 bills for that FRB.

This week I got my 52^nd two hit/three State bill which traveled from Hawaii -> Nevada -> Idaho.

I found a new wild this past week. It traveled 223 Days 2 Hours 56 Minutes to me from San Rafael, CA.

Another week with bill entries way above goal, but that was expected as I spent the weekend at a casino. Thankfully, it was also a good week for hits, and so as we enter the second half of the year, I have a good chance of making up ground and hitting my goal.