Photo By Rachel Larue | Participants in the Fire Cracker 5k/Twinkie Challenge start the race near the Officers...... read more read more
JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, Va. - Caloric intakes took a beating the morning of July 3 as Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation added a spongy wrinkle to its schedule of 5-kilometer races.
For the inaugural JBM-HH Firecracker 5k/Twinkie Challenge, runners were tasked to run 2.5 kilometers then eat six sponge cakes at a half-way point station and finally finish off the second 2.5 kilometers before digestive systems were finished off.
The reactions at the Fort Myer Officers Club start/finish line and eating area were less than enthusiastic about polishing off six 150 calorie-filled cakes.
“You’re going to see my guts and my glory,” one runner said as he approached the eating stand as spectators encouraged on-coming runners and then watched the multi-milers shift gears and transform into eaters.
“I’d rather run another marathon,” one runner said as she stacked a half-dozen sponge cakes in her hand.
Race winner Xzavier Darensbourg finished the course in 20 minutes and 22 seconds, but roughly two and a half minutes were dedicated to munching on cream-filled cakes that left his stomach in a compromising position.
“I feel terrible,” he said. “[Drinking] the water has helped though. That last straight away, I was feeling terrible.”
Women’s winner Yuko Whitestone was attempting some training and prep work during the latest JBM-HH race. In 2015, she plans to participate in a North Carolina road race involving another type of junk food.
“I’m doing a doughnut run next year, so this is a practice for that,” Whitestone said. “The Twinkies were getting stuck in my throat, and I was gagging. But this is fun and wonderful.”
Following the run, FMWR’s Todd Hopkins saluted the runners for holding their own against the Twinkies.
“Give yourselves a hand for not losing it. The facial expressions of you coming across [the finish line] were phenomenal,” Hopkins said. “If you ate six Twinkies and finished, give yourself a pat on the back.”
| Date Taken: | 07.03.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 07.09.2014 18:02 |
| Story ID: | 135670 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MYER-HENDERSON HALL, VIRGINIA, US |
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