What is 1000 miles, 113,162 calories, 82 hours?
This is the distance I skated last year, the calories I burned doing it, and the time it took me to do it(mostly between the hours of 6:30 am and 8:30 am). I had set a goal of 1000 miles earlier this year but I didn’t think I would make it since I knew the first three months of a newborns life usually kills your desire to do anything but sleep. Anyways I toughed it out and reached my goal by averaging 50 miles a week for 3 months. The last 100 or so miles were pretty tough since several mornings I was skating in 35 degree temperatures. I’m now going to take it easy during the month of January and try to get to 1250 miles in 2008.
If you haven’t inline skated before, it is great exercise. I average nearly 1000 calories per hour when I skate versus maybe 500 – 600 miles on a treadmill or elliptical. The only comparable exercise I can think of is maybe an advanced spin class.
