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The Move Your Feet Before You Eat®! Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2007. Our mission is to promote health and well being through incorporating regular physical fitness into daily life, utilizing education, special events, and instructive coaching. |
Garrett promotes Foundation to local schools It's not surprising then that the 77-year-old record-setting runner from Oceanside has taken on a new role. She is the official spokesperson for the Move Your Feet Before You Eat Foundation.
The Carlsbad-based Foundation was created to promote health and well being through incorporating regular physical fitness into daily life, utilizing education, special events, and instructive coaching. It is for all ages, but its sharpest focus is on encouraging physical activity among young people, who face an epidemic of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes that are an increasing threat, in part, because today's children aren't getting enough physical activity. So, leading up to the 6th annual Pacific Marine Credit Union O'side Turkey Trot in downtown Oceanside on Thanksgiving Day, Garrett is talking with students in area schools, encouraging them to enter the race as she tries to pass along her passion for running and physical activity to a new generation. Registration for the race, which has become an Oceanside holiday tradition in its sixth year, is available at the event website (http://www.osideturkeytrot.com/). For Garrett, being active as a child was just a way of life in the small village in Northern Ireland in which she was raised. With her slight build, Garrett continued being active all her life, eventually entering running events as a race walker shortly after turning 60. She continued entering events and switched to running them when she turned 72 years old. But her primary focus was caring for her husband, Jack, who was battling Alzheimer’s disease. After Jack died in January, Garrett devoted more time to training as a runner. |
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