Celebrating With Garmin

This weekend Garmin and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary together!  So how does one celebrate such an occasion with a running device?  Easy, by going for a run and then of course a candle lit home cooked meal!  On the menu: grilled sirloin steak (mine topped with gorgonzola cheese), grilled veggies, mashed potatoes, gravy (oh yes I can, wait til you see my calories burned) and a glass or two of wine.  Hey, we have endured a lot together in such a short period of time; plantar fasciitis, IT band issues,  pulling out of marathon training, 3 1/2 marathons, 2 trail races, 1 Warrior Dash, 1 night race, a few dark days, a little RA damage, 4 pairs of runners, 2 boxes of hot shots, 1 1/2 tubes of Body Glide and 13 loops of Hayward Lake!

I will let the numbers speak for themselves, drum roll po-leeze…

	Trail Runs	Road Runs	Total
# of runs	100	82	182 Runs
Distance	834.09 km	632.67 km	1,466.76 km
Time (h:m:s)	118:23:28	70:47:55	189:11:24
Elevation Gain	19,016	6,999 m	26,014m

These numbers do not include Beginner Run Clinics, Speed Training Clinics and a handful of Fall runs where we were not on speaking terms.

The best part, total calories burned 84,369 (3,500 cals/lb), that’s just over 24lbs!  Now I know that this is not an exact number, it is a generic guess-timate by Garmin based on my age, height, weight, gender info.  And while my weight may have fluctuated over the year by 5lbs or so (for the better), and I do consume more food than the average bear, it is easy to see how with little or no exercise one’s weight can creep up over the course of a year.

So here’s to you Garmin on this margarita Monday, cheers to another year of running bliss!