Restaurant and Food Service Blog

4 miles. 12 doughnuts. 1 hour.

What happens when you get some college students with cabin fever with an itch for some doughnuts? A race like no other – The Krispy Kreme Challenge. Tomorrow at the North Carolina State University Belltower at 9 AM, about 5000 participants will take the challenge to run 4 miles and polish off a dozen of the finest doughnuts in under an hour.  Last year’s race raised over $20,000 to benefit the NC Children’s Hospital. They already have over 5,000 signed up for this year’s race.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge started in December 2004 as a dare between a few NC State undergraduate students. Sophomore Ben Gaddy took home bragging rights that afteroon, running the race in 34 minutes and 27 seconds. After recieving positive coverage from campus news papers and being placed as #85 on the “102 More Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate” by Sports Illustrated: On Campus, organizers decided to publicize the Krispy Kreme Challenge and turn it into something that would not only be an event to bring together people from all over the country, but also to benefit important causes along the way.

Since then, the Krispy Kreme Challenge has managed to raise over $30,000 for the NC Children’s Hospital and has brought together people from all corners of the US.

Here is a promotional video from last year’s race.

I will be out there to “support” or probably do my best to finish off a dozen tomorrow. But I know that my two oldest kids will probably be there to help me out! Also, if you just wondering about the nutritional information about downing a dozen Krispy Kremes here are the numbers:

12 Original Glazed Krispy Kreme Doughnuts contain:

• 2400 calories
• 1200 fat calories
• 144g of fat
• 36g of saturated fat
• 0g of trans fat
• 60mg of Cholesterol
• 1140mg of sodium
• 120g of sugar
• 24g of protein

At least there is no trans fat!!