Christmas Food vs. Running Time
How many kilometres does it take to burn off your favourite Christmas snacks?
We’re not going to tell you to diet through Christmas, where would be the joy in that? However, to avoid the typical 5 lb weight gain of the average Brit you might want to create a little ‘run for it’ scheme with yourself. So eat that extra mince pie, then have some fun running it off later, simple.
Snacks
1 mince pie = 1209 kilojoules = 3.7 kilometres
3 Quality Streets = 510 kilojoules = 1.6 kilometres
Salted nuts = 695 kilojoules = 2 kilometres
Eggnog = 933 kilojoules = 2.9 kilometres
The big event
Christmas pudding with brandy cream = 1757 kilojoules = 5.5 kilometres
Christmas dinner = 6066 kilojoules = 19 kilometres …looks like the Boxing Day run will be a big one.
Portion of cheese and crackers (3 crackers) = 1264 kilojoules = 3.86 kilometres
Portion of roast potatoes (four potatoes) = 836 kilojoules = 2.6 kilometres
Booze
Large glass of wine = 953 kilojoules = 2.9 kilometres
Glass of port = 330 kilojoules = 0.97 kilometres
Glass of Champagne = 372 kilojoules = 1.2 kilometres
Baileys = 543 kilojoules = 1.6 kilometres