I've had my current Garmin Forerunner* a couple of years now, but the other day I stumbled upon a feature I've never noticed before, one that displayed my overall distance, time and calories-burnt totals. It was pretty amazing and kind of inspiring, especially considering 1) I haven't trained for a marathon using it 2) a lot of my training has been either indoors or on a track where it is completely useless and 3) I took about five months off this year.Basically, I've run from Wichita to Fisher Branch, Canada (plus a few extra miles) and burnt enough calories to eat 753 Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies, which despite what my mom says, I probably actually consumed during the summer of 1988.
*A little side information, Garmin is founded by a Wichita State alum and their world headquarters is just down the road from Carrie's parents.
2 comments:
You and your Grandma O were the Little Debbie Oatmeal Cookie eaters. Since I did not believe in sugar cereal, I thought, I could condone your little cookie habit.
And by the way, I still think all those "want to be" Ding Dongs, Twinkies, Brownies are disgusting.
Good luck on your next run Thanksgiving. Stay well and injury free.
Mom
Very interesting numbers. I agree with you, very, very inspiring. I knew Garmin was in KC, but had no idea it was founded by a WSU alum. Thanks for the interesting post!
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