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Garrett promotes Foundation to local schools

For Anne Garrett, giving back to others is just a part of her life. It's as natural as being active.

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.

Anne Garrett, spokesperson for the Move Your Feet Before You Eat Foundation, talks about running, life and setting an American record. See the video.

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/).

“Life is what you make it,” Garrett recently told the Coast News Group (see full article). “I had a very good husband, a sound marriage and two wonderful children. I am fortunate to still be able to run along the coast, and watch the waves and the birds. Life doesn’t get much better than that.”

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.

The results speak for themselves. In April, Garrett won her division at the Carlsbad 5000 in 25 minutes, 59 seconds. The time shattered the American female record for a 5K in her 75-79 age group that she had set the year before by 13 seconds.

“People come up to tell me that I am an inspiration,” she told the Coast News Group. “I don’t think I am, but it makes me feel good to know that I might be helping someone continue to do whatever it is they want to do.”

She hopes her new roles with the MYFBYE Foundation help her reach even more people.

Move Your Feet Before You Eat™® Foundation
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Carlsbad, CA 92008

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Kinane receives public health award Race Director and founding member of Running USA, Kathy Kinane has been selected as the recipient of the County of San Diego Health and Human Services 2010 Public Health Champions Award. The champions are recognized for their Extraordinary Achievement in Public Health. Kathy received the “Theme Award”, for 2010 for her efforts coordinating running events that empower the community, specifically women and girls to attain health and happiness through fitness and healthy living. Kathy is also the Executive Director of the Move Your Feet Before You Eat ! Foundation established in 2006. » County Press release.

Members of the Oceanside Boys & Girls Club receive a donation from Move Your Feet Before You Eat®! Foundation in August of 2009. Board members on hand for the presentation included Kathy Kinane and Richard Muscio, who joined Work out Willie and Jodi Diamond, Oceanside Boys and Girls Club Director of Organizational Development.

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