You can’t avoid it: after Christmas dinner on Christmas Day, the pants are just that little bit tighter than before. Hundreds of sports enthusiasts immediately competed with their Christmas kilos today. They ran up to 10 kilometers through Amstelveen.
The Christmas run is organized by athletics club AV Startbaan and is an annual tradition on Boxing Day. Despite the sporting challenge, many participants did not hold back during the Christmas dinner yesterday, as it turns out when NH asks around.
“Yesterday I had a six-course meal with six matching wines,” says a participant wearing a Santa hat with flashing lights on his head. “Gourmet food, ice cream and wine,” says another participant guiltily.
Cheesefondue
Someone weighing 70 kilos quickly burns 700 calories by running ten kilometers. Many participants do not believe that is enough to eat their entire Christmas dinner. “I don’t have that illusion,” a woman laughs. “And tonight there is cheese fondue on the menu, so I will eat it again,” fears the participant in the Santa hat.