Running Off Those Take Aways
I seem to have developed a bad habit over the last few years whereby I justify that extra slice of pizza by putting in a few extra kilometers on the tar. It seems to be in the forefront of my mind after my annual January diet, aka the Warren Diet, which basically involves cutting out take-aways, cheese, pudding, and all alcohol except for whisky and water. This means that when February rolls around I tend to hunt down pizza with a little more guilt that usual. And hence the thinking of how many extra kilometers I need to run to justify it.
So for everyone else out there who puts in extra mileage for food, here’s a table of how many kilometers are required for that Quarter Pounder with cheese.
Food |
Kilojoules |
Distance To Run |
| Quarter Pounder with Cheese (Burger) | 2187 | 6.8km |
| Big Mac (Burger) | 2076 | 6.5km |
| Medium Fries | 1100 | 3.4km |
| Large Fries | 1552 | 4.9km |
| Coke (350ml) | 630 | 2km |
| Coke (520ml) | 936 | 2.9km |
| Sausage McMuffin | 1512 | 4.7km |
| Egg McMuffin | 1890 | 5.9km |
| Hashbrown | 840 | 2.6km |
| Margherita (Standard – Full Pizza) | 2390 | 7.5km |
| Margherita (Standard – Slice) | 398 | 1.2km |
| Margherita (Large – Full Pizza) | 4928 | 15.4km |
| Margherita (Large – Slice) | 616 | 1.9km |
| Hawaiian (Standard – Full Pizza) | 2584 | 8.1km |
| Hawaiian (Standard – Slice) | 431 | 1.3km |
| Hawaiian (Large – Full Pizza) | 5333 | 16.7km |
| Hawaiian (Large – Slice) | 667 | 2.1km |
| Zinger Burger | 2159 | 6.7km |
| Zinger Burger Meal (With Coke) | 4372 | 13.7km |
| Colonel Burger | 2047 | 6.4km |
| Colonel Burger Meal (With Coke) | 4260 | 13.3km |
| Boxmaster | 3049 | 9.5km |
| Boxmaster Meal (With Coke) | 5262 | 16.4km |
| Classic Twister | 2656 | 8.3km |
| Classic Twister Meal (With Coke) | 4868 | 15.2km |
| 2 Piece Regular Meal (With Coke) | 3602 | 11.3km |
| Streetwise 2 With Small Chips | 2263 | 7.1km |
* Kilojoules burned are for a 75kg man running 5:30/km (320kJ/km)