6 Interesting facts about running
- A thirty minute jog three times each week has helped many people control weight however, there’s a difference between controlling weight and losing it.
- One hour of jogging burns 500 calories.
- Estimates are that there are upwards of 75 million total runners in the USA (includes all levels and abilities).
- Most Marathons Completed: Horst Preisler of Germany completed 949 marathons between 1974 and March 2000.
- Using high-tech brain imaging scans, the neuroscientists took images of 10 runners’ brains before and after a two-hour run. What they found: Endorphins flooded the brain during exercise and gathered around areas of the brain responsible for feel-good moods and emotion–hence the blissful high.
- Longest Distance Covered in One Hour (Men) Arturo Barrios 13 miles 197 yards (Women) Tegla Loroupe 11 Miles 697.4 Yards.
