Krispy Kreme Challenge

On February 4^th I did these things:

1.       Ran 2.5 Miles, Ate 12 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Ran 2.5 Miles

2.       Threw up all over the finish line

3.       Ate 13 more Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Wait, I lied.  I actually didn’t do all those things.  I never threw up.  I saw a bunch of others fail the challenge, but I didn’t.

The Krispy Kreme challenge is a race that combines some of my specialties.  Running, eating, and free Krispy Kreme doughnuts.  The challenge is pretty simple.

• Run from the bell tower to the Krispy Kreme store. (2.5 miles)
• Eat a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts
• Run back (2.5 miles)
• Complete it in under an hour and don’t vomit.

I’ve done this the past two years, and it’s been an amazing time.  In fact, everything leading up to the trip is amazing and I’ll share why.

Training - In the month leading up to the race, I can use the race as an excuse for my terrible eating habits.  Miko, is that you’re third slice of Runk pizza? Ya, I’m training.  Why are eating so fast? I’m training.  Why did you bring a box of doughnuts to cross-country practice? I’m training.  Are you seriously just going to eat those doughnuts while we actually run?  I’m training, and the eating part is the most important.  So no matter what you’re doing, you can always bring up the race and fit it into your training regime.

Adventures - Also, any trip to North Carolina is awesome.  North Carolina always has warmer weather and encourages adventures.  We thought we would ride through State’s (in North Carolina, State means NC State) campus.  Boy, were we wrong!  We wanted to turn right at three consecutively intersections, but they were all one way streets.  So we went where North Carolina wanted us to go, Pullen Park.  We saw it off the side of the road.  Basically, it was an amusement park for 8 year olds.  And yes we definitely went and played on their swing sets, and felt like 3^rd graders again.

In the previous race, North Carolina drew us to a party.  At the hotel where we were staying, Ashley was having her sweet 16 birthday party.  We dropped by.  It didn’t matter that we had no idea who Ashley was or were 5 years older than everybody there , it was where North Carolina wanted us to go.

Spoils - The next great thing about the Krispy Kreme race is the free doughnuts afterward.  Almost everyone else has developed a taste aversion to doughnuts by then, but not us.  We simply drive back to the store, and there are trash bags full of unopened untouched boxes.  Probably 15 trash bags with 15 boxes of 12 doughnuts.  That’s about 2400 doughnuts, for free.  So obviously we grab two trash bags and drive home with about 400 doughnuts for free.  The next week we get to test our economic diminshing marginal utility theory.  Since the cost of eating another doughnut is practically 0, when will we stop eating?  As it turns out, our apartment eats doughnuts like we're trapped in a doughnut store and have to eat our way out.

Cookout - And the final amazing thing about the challenge is eating at Cookout.  Cookout is a North Carolina staple serving inexpensive American food out their windows for years.  A trip to Cookout not only completes the unhealthy trip, but makes you love the simpler times in the South.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge guarantees an unhealthy, adventurous trip every year with plenty of “free” calories.