Reply to post: Re: lies , damn lies, and who are all the pies?

Lies, damn pies and obesity statistics: We're NOT a nation of fatties

Peter Ford

Re: lies , damn lies, and who are all the pies?

Sure, running a marathon burns 3500kCals (or whatever), but just keeping your brain alive burns a big chunk of the 2500kCals/day, so that is on top of your marathon run - that day you burned more like 6000kCal.

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