As we know the true meaning of Easter these days is chocolate eggs. While the very health-conscious runners amongst us may manage to just say no, those of us who have less self-control around chocolate are faced with a dilemma this weekend - do we try to keep indulgence to a minimum or do we take the 'eat more and run more' strategy? We've only just got rid of that extra Christmas ballast, we don't want to blow it now by lying on the sofa and mainlining chocolate for 2 days.
To help you weigh up delicious chocolate satisfaction with the cold, hard reality of how long you'll need to run to work it off we've made a handy table of the most popular chocolate eggs, the number of calories they contain and how many minutes of running that equates to for men and women. We can't stress how rough the calculations are (to calculate it accurately you need to take into account age, weight, height, pace etc) but for the stats fans amongst you we've calculated it on a man weighing 170lb and a woman weighing 150lb, both running at 5mph. This is a very rough guide to how long that long run needs to be on Sunday.
|
Easter egg |
Calories |
Time to run off - man |
Time to run off - woman |
|
Kinder Surprise |
110 |
10 mins |
12 mins |
|
Cream Egg |
180 |
17 mins |
19 mins |
|
Cadbury Caramel Egg |
187 |
18 mins |
20 mins |
|
Flake Egg |
810 |
77 mins |
87 mins |
|
Buttons Egg |
858 |
81 mins |
92 mins |
|
Crunchie Egg |
885 |
84 mins |
95 mins |
|
Green and Blacks Egg |
960 |
77 mins |
87 mins |
|
After Eight Giant Chocolate Egg |
1094 |
103 mins |
117 mins |
|
Dairy Milk Large Egg |
1817 |
172 mins |
195 mins |
Photo credit:
Thomas Rousing (CC BY 2.0)
