6,000 people make doughnut run

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Jesska Brown of Cary downs the last of her dozen doughnuts during the Krispy Kreme Challenge on Saturday in Raleigh. Runners use a variety of methods to eat their sweets and keep them down.

BY ANDREA WEIGL - STAFF WRITER
The air was thick with the sweet smell of glazed doughnuts Saturday morning just north of downtown Raleigh.

Around 8:45, thousands of runners careened into the parking lot of the Krispy Kreme doughnut shop with boxes of glazed doughnuts in hand and water within reach. The only questions: Could they eat all 12 doughnuts after running 2.4 miles? Could they keep them down while running another 2.4 miles?

Many did. Others were not so lucky.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge, now in its sixth year, sent runners sprinting down Hillsborough Street from the N.C. State University Memorial Bell Tower to the doughnut shop on Peace Street for a dozen-doughnut interlude and then back to the Bell Tower.

Six thousand runners preregistered for the event, which raises money for the N.C. Children's Hospital. Organizers expected to donate at least $40,000 again this year.

Running and scarfing require strategy.

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... have GOT to be better than Southern Comfort coming back up.
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I could probably eat Krispy Kreme again at some point in my
life (no Southern Comfort for DECADES for me, thankyouverymuch).
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. There's (oh-so-tasty) sweet and there's (urp-ew) sweet.
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