Posted on Fri, Apr 1, 2011 : 8:15 p.m.
Images from the Twinkie Run held Friday evening at Gallup Park
By Angela Cesere
Ann Arbor Active Against ALS held its Twinkie Run at Gallup Park in Ann Arbor on Friday night. Every runner had two chances during the 5-kilometer run/walk to eat a Twinkie; once at the start and again at the mid-way point. Each Twinkie consumed earned the runner a 60-second bonus to be deducted from his or her final time.
Angela Cesere is a photographer for AnnArbor.com. She can be reached at angelacesere@annarbor.com. Follow AnnArbor.com photography on Facebook at AnnArbor.com Photo and on Twitter at @AnnArborPhoto.
Comments
Kim
Mon, Apr 4, 2011 : 6:03 p.m.
In case anyone missed the date of the race, the Twinkie Run was intentionally held on April Fool's Day. Friday evening was April 1st, 2011. Ann Arbor Active Against ALS (A2A3) plans to hold similar 5K runs on future April Fool's Days. You can visit the A2A3 website (A2A3.org) to view the race results, including how many Twinkies eat runner ate during the race. Many runners didn't eat any, but the top male and female finishers (both teenagers) ate 2 Twinkies each.
Steven Guttman
Mon, Apr 4, 2011 : 1:33 p.m.
try doing a good thing and getting lectured on the PC of the snack...BTW what was the name of the run ? would as many people sign up for the "ALS fun run" on a Friday afternoon ? great job organizers on putting together a run that had lots of people making a contribution to a serious disease.
Jake C
Sun, Apr 3, 2011 : 1:25 a.m.
Maybe the message is that you can eat a reasonable amount of junk (within reason) as long as you exercise? All you need to do is look at Michael Phelps training diet while training for the Olympics -- that says it all.
Debbie Merion
Sat, Apr 2, 2011 : 1:06 p.m.
I support the fight against ALS, but the idea of running and eating twinkies twice during a 5K run and being "rewarded" for doing so with a lower time is sending out a horrible message to all of the young people in the photos and a nation that is fighting childhood obesity. To me, the run's current message is: junk food helps you, and is a great way to fuel up for a healthy run. Is that the message the ALS people want us to remember?
Kim
Sat, Apr 2, 2011 : 6 p.m.
I think perhaps the original article doesn't really make it clear that the run was an April Fool's run. It was intended to be a little silly. The message was to get out and run and have fun doing it. No one was forced to eat Twinkies, and many people (runners and observers) skipped them entirely.