Gear up in your Underarmor and lace up those sneakers — it’s time for the running of the doughnuts.
Yep, that’s right. It’s the annual Krispy Kreme Challenge on February 7. The student-operated race begins at NC State’s Bell Tower, up in Raleigh. From there, run 2 miles to the Krispy Kreme store on Peach Street. At the store, you must inhale a dozen doughnuts. Once you’re done and are on a sugar high, run the 2 miles back. All under 1 hour.
According to my calculations, you will be scarfing down 2,400 calories and 144 grams of fat at the KK pit stop. A 150 lb. person running 4 miles will burn 391.8 calories.
2,400 calories eaten – 391.8 calories burned = A total of 2,008.2 calories. It takes 3,500 calories to gain 1 lb., so it’s ok, go for it! Just watch those arteries now…
Proceeds from the race will benefit NC Children’s Hospital.
http://www.krispykremechallenge.com/register.html
CHALLENGER: $16.00
4 miles, 12 doughnuts, and a t-shirt.
CASUAL: $16.00
4 miles, some doughnuts, and a t-shirt.
SUPPORTER: $10.00
T-shirt only
This article appears in Jan 20-27, 2009.
Um, your math is a little off. 633 calories per mile? How about 100 calories per mile. I am afraid you would have to run a lot more than 4 miles to burn 2,400 calories (although I’ll still be there scarfing them down anyway).
Reference:
1. http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304-311-8402-0,00.html
2. http://www.caloriesperhour.com/
Oops, you are right, Scott! I was looking at calories burned per hour on the chart I was referencing. Thanks for catching that.