Interesting Certitudes of Running

Few Interesting certitudes of Running:

1. An average Runner burns around 10 calories per minute while running. This number will be more for obese Runners as they spend more energy to cover the distance and tend to burn more calories.
2. Fastest mile ever run was in 3 minutes 43 seconds. This milestone was achieved by Morrocan,Hitcham El Guerrouj.
3. The fastest mile covered by a woman was in 4 minutes and 12 seconds. Achieved by Russia’s Svetlana Masterkova.
4. The oldest person to complete Marathon is Mr. Fauja Singh of India. He achieved this fete at the age of 100. Interestingly he started running from the age of 89 only.
5. Around 1 billion pairs of Running shoes are sold all over the globe every year.
6. In the feet, 26 bones, 33 joints, 112 ligaments, and a network of nerves, tendons and blood vessels work together while we run.
7. Music can boost your running performance by 15%.
8. Most of the runners in a recent study have chosen Banana as the food they can’t live without .