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RALEIGH, N.C. — On your marks, get set, stuff your face.
About 7,500 people took part in the annual Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday in Raleigh.
The rules are simple and stomach-churning: run for 2 miles, eat a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts, and then run back along the same 2 miles. That’s 4 miles of running to burn off about 2,400 calories.
It’s for a good cause, though. The race is operated by students at North Carolina State University, and it raises money for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital. Last year, the event took in more than $55,000.
The race began in 2004 as a dare among friends. Only a handful of runners took part in the beginning, but it has grown steadily since then.
