a thing that happens · NCKrispy Kreme Challenge
Five miles, twelve donuts, one hour. 2,400 calories and 144 grams of fat, and they print the numbers.
An annual charity run in Raleigh: 2.5 miles to a Krispy Kreme, a dozen donuts, and 2.5 miles back, inside an hour.
The story Cited · wp-krispy-kreme-challenge
It began in December 2004 with about a dozen friends and is planned and run by Park Scholars at North Carolina State University. Profits go to the North Carolina Children's Hospital; the 2023 race brought total donations past $2.1 million. The event is not affiliated with the Krispy Kreme company.
Today Cited · wp-krispy-kreme-challenge
The published calorie and fat figures are the only per-dozen nutrition numbers in this directory that a race gave out rather than a label.
The particulars
| when | February |
|---|---|
| status | open |
| state | NC |
| founded | 2004 |
| region | The American South |
| address | Raleigh, NC · Wake County Cited · wp-krispy-kreme-challenge |
| where | 35.7796, -78.6382 (town) · OpenStreetMap · open in maps Harvested · osm-nominatim |
| confidence | high · updated 2026-09-16 |
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Who talks about it
Where we got it
- Krispy Kreme Challenge — Wikipedia · link
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