- You don't need shoes to run any more than you need a hat to think!
- 50mph top speed of a lion. 30mph top speed of a kangaroo. 27.9 top speed of a human.
- Dark Chocolate may help lower blood pressure and aids in reducing stress hormone levels.
- NOTHING makes you miss running more than getting injured.
- Active woman may be 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop breast cancer.
- In a marathon the average runner takes 35,000 steps.
- The average man burns 124 calories each mile run, the average woman burns 105 calories.
- .05 is the percentage of people who have ran a marathon in the U.S..
- The record number of miles run on a treadmill in 24 hours is 153.9, Edit Berces.
- Embrace the incline it is not the down hills that make you stronger.
- 40 miles is the average miles ran to train for a marathon.
- over 1 billion pairs of running shoes are sold world wide every year.
- 1900 was the first year that women were allowed to compete in the Olympic Games.
- 1984 First year women could run the Olympic Marathon.
- Never trust a runner with clean shoes!
- Aerobic exercise increases total sleep time on average by ten minutes per night( but it has almost no effect on how quickly people fall asleep or how soundly they sleep).
- If you want to clear your head run solo, if you want to be stronger run in a pack.
- 1576 is the number of steps up the Empire state building. 86 is the number of floors climbed in the annual Empire State Building run. Race record was 9 minutes and 53 seconds!
- In a marathon everyone hits "the wall." You can't run around it only through it.
- 26.2 percentage of U.S. population that gets the recommended amount of exercise. 27 percentage of Americans who are totally inactive!
- Dedication: Paying to run a race even when NO shirt is involved.
- One McDonalds big Mac=540 calories=4.35 miles for men 5.14miles woman.
- If a runner falls in a forest and no one is around...She picks herself up and never mentions it!
- There are upwards of seventy-five million runners in the USA
- Fauja Singh, World's Oldest Runner At 101.
- Budhia Singh born 2002 is an Indian boy and the world's youngest marathon runner. By age 4 he had competed in 48 marathons.
Just a little fun on the RUN~
Which mile did you like best?
Anita
I think for sure this one is my fav:
ReplyDeleteNever trust a runner with clean shoes!
Because this woman would always chat with me about running and how she always runs and I would invite her or try to invite myself so we could run together.... Which after 6 months of trying I gave up. 6 months later I saw her with the same running outfit and clean shoes.... hmmmm made me think she never actually ran! Carri~A Running bee
Maybe not a fun fact, but still a good message: never mess with a woman who runs 26.2 miles for fun :D
ReplyDeleteRight ON! It would be fun to do a post and have everyone add theirs. I like that one!
DeleteI like #23 ;) but i apply that to tripping on the road too lol, or slipping on the ice & snow!!
ReplyDeleteWe have had our fair shares of falls Danielle. But we can keep them between the two of us! Shh.. I keep secrets!
Deletehaha - I love these!!! & you're right - an injury or being told you shouldn't run makes you want to run more then ever!
ReplyDeleteSometimes even blogging we have to have a little fun Rebecca. Like running we get sick of the same old same old. It was a lot of fun coming together with these.
DeleteCarri! That is a great story. Or I would even go as far to say "Never trust a runner in CUTE shoes." Only my last pair were really cute...I didn't plan it that way though!
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