Marathoning.

Forrest didn’t know I’m running a marathon this Sunday, so Steph and Viv, you guys may or may not know. Well, it’s gonna happen this time (unlike my failure after a few weeks of training in New York). Skye’s coming down from Seattle to run, and hopefully we’ll both make it through alive.

I know this is a food blog, though, so here are some marathon fun facts that I got a kick out of:

“This year at the Portland Marathon we will have…

  • 2,400 lbs of ice
  • 5,180 bananas (keep in mind we halve the bananas)
  • 9,520 apples (slicing almost quadruples this number, so don’t worry, we won’t run out)
  • 700 lbs. of grapes
  • 2,006 oranges
  • 13,000 cookies
  • 12,000 fun size candy bars
  • 6,000 string cheeses
  • 4,000 bagels
  • 50 loaves of organic bread
  • 28 tubs of red licorice
  • 390 gallons of orange juice
  • More than 500 porta potties”

MMM… 28 tubs of red licorice.