The Krispy Kreme Challenge Run

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February 08, 2014, 10:39:01 AM
The 10th anniversary of the Krispy Kreme Challenge Run was today here in Raleigh

QuoteWhat is the Krispy Kreme Challenge?

2400 calories, 12 doughnuts, 5 miles, 1 hour.  The mantra of the Krispy Kreme Challenge epitomizes the test of physical fitness and gastrointestinal fortitude.  What started as a challenge among ten friends has transformed into a nationally publicized charity race, and the number one tradition to complete before graduating from North Carolina State University.
February 8, 2014, will see more runners engulf the Memorial Belltower than ever before with our new race participant capacity set for 8,100 racers for the 10th Annual Krispy Kreme Challenge.
Participants begin the Challenge at the Memorial Belltower on the campus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. Runners then travel 2.5 miles through historic downtown Raleigh to the Krispy Kreme located at the intersection of Peace and Person Streets, where they attempt to consume one dozen original glazed doughnuts. The hardest part of the Challenge awaits them as they run 2.5 miles back to the Memorial Belltower. This is the Krispy Kreme Challenge.


SI even put it on their campus bucket list
(written back in '06)
Quote85. Run the Krispy Kreme Challenge at NC State. Two years ago, in a fit of sugar-coated inspiration, Wolfpack basketball guard Chris McCoy dreamed up a race tailor-made for the Peter Griffin set. The plan: Run from the campus bell tower downhill two miles to the Krispy Kreme store in Raleigh, where each runner would scarf down a dozen glazed doughnuts and then dash back uphill to the tower, in under 60 minutes. (The irony: McCoy, a redshirt sophomore, overslept on race day and didn't participate.) The other 10 runners successfully completed the inaugural race -- junior Ben Gaddy took home bragging rights -- but not without some gut reactions. "The first two doughnuts are delicious, but then your saliva starts to turn into a syrupy glaze," says organizer Greg Mulholland. "When you're running back, it feels like the syrup's coming through your pores." Mulholland, a junior, aspires to turn the race into a charitable event, "maybe for something ironic like the American Heart Association."

I actually finished the race back in 2008, right after I moved back. (photos from the year I ran)


Part of the fun are the costumes people show up to run in







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bayonetbrant

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February 08, 2014, 10:46:12 AM
more photos
















they raised $177k for the local childrens' hospital
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steve58

#2
February 08, 2014, 11:08:40 AM
Love Krispy Kreme doughnuts!  I grew up with them in W-S, NC (home of Krispy Kreme). 

+100 on the fund raiser. 
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BanzaiCat

#3
February 08, 2014, 12:57:41 PM
That's cool!

Blue Bell (the ice cream company) puts on a 5K every year about an hour or two west of us. After you finish, they give you all the Blue Bell ice cream you can eat.

Martok

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February 08, 2014, 03:01:14 PM Last Edit: February 08, 2014, 03:23:47 PM by Martok
Okay, that's frickin' awesome.  Not sure I could do it, but I'll admit to a somewhat perverse admiration for those who have (so congrats brant)! 

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Arctic Blast

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February 08, 2014, 04:57:19 PM
I have eaten a dozen donuts in a sitting (though not in some time). I cannot imagine running afterwards. Hell, I can barely imagine STANDING afterwards.

Centurion40

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February 10, 2014, 02:36:08 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on February 08, 2014, 04:57:19 PM
I have eaten a dozen donuts in a sitting (though not in some time). I cannot imagine running afterwards. Hell, I can barely imagine STANDING afterwards.

I'd run half-way, then cab it from the Krispy Kreme.
Any time is a good time for pie.

bayonetbrant

#7
February 14, 2015, 09:14:51 AM
It's going on outside my classroom right now...
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February 14, 2015, 09:37:30 AM
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bayonetbrant

#9
February 04, 2017, 08:59:11 AM
happening today....
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trailrunner

#10
February 04, 2017, 10:14:42 AM
That's my kind of race.  I'll add that to my list of reasons to retire in the RDU area.

One of the things liked about ultras was that for MOPers (middle-of-the-packers) like me, we would eat normal food during the race.  If I'm going to be out there for a long time, I want something other than gels, energy bars, and sports drinks.  Small pieces of candy, pretzels, PBJ sandwich wedges, boiled potatoes, and cookies were typical of rest-stop offerings.  And sometimes there was more.  During one race, I was in the woods, more or less alone, when I came across a tequila bottle hanging from a tree, with a sign that said: "TBM - tequila bonus miles - one bonus mile for every shot."

Sir Slash

#11
February 04, 2017, 11:33:24 PM
By 'finish' does that include driving the race? Cause I could do that with a Krispy Kreme in one hand.
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bayonetbrant

#12
February 05, 2017, 07:47:55 AM
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Emeraldlis

#13
February 06, 2017, 05:08:56 PM
That's really cool  8) well done for having the ...uhm....stomach for it !!! I wanna throw up just running two miles never mind adding doughnuts into the mix , lol , that must have been a ton of fun to do though :) I love all the costumes , I hope y'all made it to the finish line , costumed or otherwise  :bd: I think it's great that a 29 yr old guy won as well , that's a little embarrassing for all those young whipper snapper students who entered ....hehehe  <:-)
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bayonetbrant

#14
February 06, 2017, 05:31:13 PM
I ran it in '08. For the past three years, I've been teaching a Saturday morning class on the same day as the race. It's actually a pain in the butt to get to the building where I teach because of the roads that are closed for them to hold the race
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