RunningAHEAD - Topic: krispy kreme challenge

dnstapes

posted: 2/5/2009 at 3:41 PM
modified: 2/5/2009 at 3:42 PM

The Krispy Kreme Challenge is this weekend. Anyone running it? It sounds like fun. Run 2 miles to Krispy Kreme, eat 12 donuts, run 2 miles back.

DrewEOB

Lazy idiot

posted: 2/5/2009 at 4:04 PM

I saw that. I couldn't eat 12 KK donuts in a day. I'd love to set up camp and watch at the finish line, though.

Tick tock

xor

posted: 2/5/2009 at 4:08 PM

Quote from DrewEOB on 2/5/2009 at 4:04 PM:

I saw that. I couldn't eat 12 KK donuts in a day. I'd love to set up camp and watch at the finish line, though.

Might I suggest being a good 20 yards away from the actual finish line? Trust me.

DrewEOB

Lazy idiot

posted: 2/5/2009 at 4:10 PM

Quote from xor on 2/5/2009 at 4:08 PM:

Might I suggest being a good 20 yards away from the actual finish line? Trust me.

Noted.

Tick tock

Bonkin

posted: 2/5/2009 at 4:17 PM

Quote from DrewEOB on 2/5/2009 at 4:04 PM:

I couldn't eat 12 KK donuts in a day. I'd love to set up camp and watch at the finish line, though.

Ditto. Thems are some crappy donuts. I couldn't eat 12 of them if I reincarnated 2 more times. I'll help you man the camera at the finish line though.

When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?

schoolmarm

12-week layoff

posted: 2/5/2009 at 5:41 PM

I don't need to be there to see that at the finish line. I have coached cross country too many years, and seen too many multi-colored expulsions from kids who thought that they needed to down a 32 ounce poweraid right before the race. Of course, I told them not to do it, but who cares what coach says. I'm runnin two miles. I need my poweraid.

Doug B

posted: 2/5/2009 at 5:50 PM

been there. I was the pancake eating champ before CC practice one day in high school. I put that experience down as lesson #8 under the category "even when you win... sometimes you still lose".

xor

posted: 2/5/2009 at 6:05 PM

Quote from Doug B on 2/5/2009 at 5:50 PM:

been there. I was the pancake eating champ before CC practice one day in high school. I put that experience down as lesson #8 under the category "even when you win... sometimes you still lose".

We used to have a place in Irving Texas called Taco Inn. Tacos were 29 cents (obscure reference: "what a bargain!"). Thursday football practice was shirts-and-helmets day. No pads, no contact. So lots of guys would go eat as many tacos as they could. 10 was a popular number. Which made Thursday football practice a very very interesting experience. Especially early in the season, while it was still 95 degrees in the afternoons.

bhearn

posted: 2/5/2009 at 6:29 PM
modified: 2/5/2009 at 6:30 PM

Quote from Bonkin on 2/5/2009 at 4:17 PM:

Ditto. Thems are some crappy donuts. I couldn't eat 12 of them if I reincarnated 2 more times. I'll help you man the camera at the finish line though.

Hey now.

When I was growing up, Krispy Kremes were extra special treats when we'd go to Nashville for summer vacation. I don't know if the quality changed when they went national... but I ate them in Boston a few years ago and still loved them.

TedsHead

Team Me, Myself & I

posted: 2/5/2009 at 6:50 PM
modified: 2/5/2009 at 6:56 PM

Here is a much better race held in October http://beerblog.projo.com/2008/10/by-edward-fitzp.html check out the name of the team listed 4th in the results spreadsheet For those in the RI area this fall, I plan on doing it this year. OK, so my 'bucket list' of races is pretty sad

staying healthy while running = many slow miles

jeffdonahue

posted: 2/5/2009 at 7:06 PM

I would totally run in that if it was near me - anyone know of any similar races in the Massachusetts area? I remember doing a triathlon once and while I was on the bike my wife had gone to Dunkin Donuts so as I transitioned from bike to run I downed a couple munchkins and then grabbed a handful for the road.

TedsHead

Team Me, Myself & I

posted: 2/7/2009 at 9:40 AM

Last I checked RI (Rhode Island) is in the Mass area. I know it is a small state, but it hasn't moved. Providence, RI is about 60 mi from Melrose, MA. Maybe that's a little far to run a mile, eat a hotdog, and chug a cheap beer, but there will probably be another race in RI you could run in the morning.

staying healthy while running = many slow miles

mrakers

posted: 2/7/2009 at 11:09 AM

Quote from TedsHead on 2/7/2009 at 9:40 AM:

Last I checked RI (Rhode Island) is in the Mass area. I know it is a small state, but it hasn't moved. Providence, RI is about 60 mi from Melrose, MA. Maybe that's a little far to run a mile, eat a hotdog, and chug a cheap beer, but there will probably be another race in RI you could run in the morning.

I might be mistaken, but I think jeff was referencing the KK Challenge.

ArlaHile

Queen of 3rd Place

posted: 2/7/2009 at 11:53 AM

Quote from xor on 2/5/2009 at 6:05 PM:

We used to have a place in Irving Texas called Taco Inn. Tacos were 29 cents (obscure reference: "what a bargain!"). .

"By Neptar's hammer..." ??? Ugh, the only times I've tried to race (twice, a couple years back), I've thrown up, and that was only water. The thought of all those donuts makes me sick just sitting here.

Ex runner

xor

posted: 2/7/2009 at 3:55 PM

No. Eddie Murphy. Chinese food. The sign reads: "Chopsticks. 29 cents. What a bargain." Say, my man... how much for the chopsticks? 29 cents? What a bargain! That is a bargain for me.

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