By Karen Karnis
Ahh, Thanksgiving. The time to be grateful for the harvest – and the start of “pack on the weight so you can hibernate” season. But wait, we’re not bears! We’re runners, and we hit the streets all year round, right? So just for fun, we did the math to see how far some hypothetical runners would have to run to burn off this weekend’s temptations in this edition of iRun to Eat!
Distance run at 6:00/km pace
| Holiday “cheer”… | 130 lb Runner |
175 lb Runner |
| Starbucks Grande (16oz) Pumpkin Spice Latte with Whipped Cream at 380 calories |
6.73k | 4.96k |
| Vodka (1 oz) and cranberry juice (250mL) at 214 calories | 3.79k | 2.79k |
| 341mL bottle of Mill Street Oktoberfest Lager at 150 calories | 2.66k | 1.96k |
| 4oz glass of white wine or champagne at 100 calories | 1.77k | 1.31k |
| And that turkey dinner with all the fixin’s… | 130 lb Runner |
175 lb Runner |
| 1 cup of white turkey meat, no skin, at 211 calories | 3.74k | 2.75k |
| 1 cup of mashed potatoes made with milk and butter at 225 calories | 3.99k | 2.94k |
| 1 cup of steamed green beans at 37 calories | 0.66k | 0.48k |
| 1 cup of glazed carrots at 216 calories | 3.83k | 2.82k |
| ½ cup of Stove Top Stuffing, turkey flavour, at 110 calories | 1.95k | 1.44k |
| 1 cup of turkey gravy at 188 calories | 3.33k | 2.45k |
| 1 buttered roll at 250 calories | 4.43k | 3.26k |
| 1 slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream at ~555 calories | 9.83k | 7.25k |
| Grand total, give or take a pickle or two: 1722 calories | 31.76k | 23.39k |
So if you’re watching your waistline, there you have it. But hey, I don’t judge!
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