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Good luck everyone during these last couple days of training (be it eating doughnuts or jogging)! I'm not sure if I'll be able to eat 12 doughnuts, but I can't wait to try. I'll see you out there, DNL. I know you will do great with your Lake Johnson runs.

1/24/2008 12:45:01 AM

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there should be pins available on Saturday. i was out there passing them out last year.

and in terms of calves, stretching is all i ever do. make sure to stretch all the other leg muscles too: shins, quads, and hamstrings. sometimes an unstretched muscle elsewhere causes another muscle to work harder, making that second muscle (your calf) hurt.

1/24/2008 1:37:10 AM

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Just registered as a casual runner.

1/24/2008 2:33:04 AM

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bttt for a front page spread in the Technician! Complete with doughnut eating techniques!

1/24/2008 10:45:45 AM

mrfrog

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i'm ready for this shit now

1/24/2008 9:34:43 PM

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so i woke up today with a tingle in my throat...kinda had a stuffy nose all day...got a feeling i am coming down with something....i bought a gallon of oj today...by saturday morning it will be gone...through hell or high water i'm going to do this shit

1/24/2008 10:04:42 PM

The Coz
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Registration is blowing up!

1/24/2008 10:17:43 PM

stowaway
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there was a piece on UNC TV earlier tonight, might be a reason for the increase in the past few hours.

1/24/2008 10:20:33 PM

The Coz
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Hope somebody DVR'd that and posts a torrent, cause I was not in the area.

1/24/2008 10:21:21 PM

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8am tomorrow for people wanting to catch it. North Carolina Weekend is the show.

1/24/2008 10:31:10 PM

The Coz
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But I am not in North Carolina. Plz to Tivo.

1/24/2008 10:36:11 PM

DPK
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Just hit 2500. This is going to be crrazzyyy.

1/24/2008 10:43:39 PM

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I've been heckling my students to register. It's a morning class, so I can't tell if they are interested or not...I will continue persuading tomorrow.

Power through, DNL!

1/24/2008 10:56:46 PM

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so could i just come out and eat some donuts, or do i have to run if i eat them?

would there be any people there just for the run? if so, could i just grab there donuts & head out?

1/25/2008 2:19:16 AM

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The streets are going to run orange and chunky come Saturday morning.

Oh god I hope Raleigh has street cleaning equipment out there...

You all enjoy your stacks of fat cakes! I've had to avoid eating those things since they'll kill me now and all.

I hope everybody that goes out there brings a camera! Share yer pics!

1/25/2008 2:36:02 AM

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I can hardly believe this.

I urge fellow TWWers, please be um...accommodating tomorrow. This event is entirely planned and organized by students...the number of registrants is simply unprecedented and we're deep into uncharted territories.

we're gonna fly by the seat of our pants, but i think it'll be ok. bear with us.

it's going to be wild tomorrow.

1/25/2008 3:48:32 AM

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Quote :
"so could i just come out and eat some donuts, or do i have to run if i eat them?

would there be any people there just for the run? if so, could i just grab there donuts & head out?"


there will be people there just to run, but they are not alloted doughnuts. Quit dancing around the fact that you want free doughnuts

1/25/2008 9:17:03 AM

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I have a few incredibly obvious questions, but felt like asking because they changed between 2006 and 2007, and I just wanted to make sure they stay the same as last year.

1) the route is the same as last year, correct?
2) last year they had tables with water already poured, as apposed to 2006 when I had to pour my own water. I'm guessing they'll have it done already, otherwise you'd have hundreds of people waiting in line to get their own water.
3) will the people who check your number off when you show them your empty box be in the same area again? on the street as you're leaving? Because last year I wasted a good 10 secs looking for someone to check my number. And yes, 10 secs is time I need.)

1/25/2008 10:19:18 AM

Johnny Swank
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bellrabbit - you need to beat your time from last year to show you ain't slackin'!

Don't know about the other stuff, but I just checked out the website and the route has changed.

http://www.krispykremechallenge.com/index.php?page_id=3



Basically they cut out that section through the neighborhood beside Hillsborough and are going straight down St. Mary's.

1/25/2008 11:14:59 AM

Johnny Swank
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2655, and they're capping it at 3,000.

Good job peeps - ya'll have created a monster. A big, pukey Monster!

1/25/2008 11:17:14 AM

BobCam
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32 degrees.

1/25/2008 11:19:29 AM

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Auburn -- for my part I've been advising them to have tables with pre-filled cups of water ready for the runners.

I don't know exactly how things will be setup at the store this year. No matter where you pick up your donuts though or where you eat them, just start running back towards the exit on Peace St. Someone will be there.

I've been urging this new committee not to bother with marking people. As I've shown in an earlier post, it's just not feasible to do it. Auburn, you are going to get there so early before most people that a bunch of people will be watching anyway. Just focus yourself on getting the fastest time.

1/25/2008 11:59:12 AM

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i got a feeling donuts will be in short supply tomorrow...what if 1500 people show up within a 5 minute interval...does the time waiting for donuts add to our overall time?

also, i am at least 2x as sick as i was yesterday...throat is all fucked up...i'm still going though...my goal is 55 minutes or less

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 12:11 PM. Reason : .]

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 12:11 PM. Reason : .]

1/25/2008 12:10:50 PM

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The committee has been updating Herman (the KK store owner) with daily updates on registrant counts. The store is confident they will be able to make enough donuts. I can speak for last year when I was at the store starting at 5am and started to stockpile donuts.

1/25/2008 12:17:23 PM

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can i sign up at the event? do i have to eat the donuts? i just want to run.

eeeh, i may just run at home.


[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 1:25 PM. Reason : ]

1/25/2008 1:17:11 PM

srvora
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Due to logistics constraints, we're capping it at 2900. if there a still room available, you might be able to register tomorrow morning. if you want to run the course, we'd ask you to register as a casual runner, where you don't have to eat any donuts if you don't want to but still want to run the course.

we're doing this to benefit the NC Children's Hospital.

1/25/2008 1:23:42 PM

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well running events is one thing i will donate money to.

but i cant see myself wunning with 2900 other people.

1/25/2008 1:24:43 PM

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It all sounds good to me. The only thing is the route has changed three times now, so it's going to be hard to compare this year's times to last year. I'm guessing they're trying to get the distance closer to 2 miles because last year it was definitely short. I have a feeling this year the times will be slower because that map makes it look a bit further. But it doesn't really matter, because everyone's running the same distance.

1/25/2008 1:38:23 PM

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Wow, capping it at 2900! What a response for this great event.

I'm going to get to the store as quickly as possible before all hell breaks loose when 1000+ get there at once...

This is going to be insane. But, really, as long as bellrabbit has a fair chance to defend his title, everything is cool with me.

1/25/2008 1:47:47 PM

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So I need a summary of what to wear tomorrow.

Long sleeves and gloves, rite?

1/25/2008 3:30:14 PM

drunknloaded
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dont have any safty pins and dont feel like buying any by tomorrow...going to use a mauly clip instead

1/25/2008 3:41:31 PM

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I just ran the new route, it's definitely longer. I suspect times will be slower this year. Also, I think some of you guys are putting way too much thought into the details. Just wear clothes you would normally run in if it's cold. It's just a four mile run with donuts in the middle.

1/25/2008 4:07:05 PM

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Was on the way home from work and listening to NPR and there was a segment about this race on there.
They were talking to the Mgr. of the KK and he said they were expecting 3000 people!

1/25/2008 4:55:05 PM

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Only 16 15 10 3 2 slots left to register!

[Edited on January 25, 2008 at 5:26 PM. Reason : -]

1/25/2008 5:03:29 PM

nacstate
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damn I'm scared if the ECU KKC gets this big this fast.

1/25/2008 5:16:38 PM

srvora
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We found more t-shirts!!

Registration cap up to 3000 now!

1/25/2008 5:35:02 PM

DPK
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Lol. How do you just find t-shirts? Did you run to Walmart, bust out the sharpie, and write KKC on them?

1/25/2008 5:41:23 PM

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Can I send someone to pick up 4 packets for the folks I'm running with? Or does everyone have to pick them up for themselves?

1/25/2008 5:44:10 PM

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i decided not to do this because its too cold but the hospital can keep my money

1/25/2008 6:24:48 PM

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I registered! I have to be there to support Yodajammies so I figure I may as well donate and get a t-shirt.

I'm excited.

1/25/2008 6:26:37 PM

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i wish the t-shirt was not so plan to be honest...i was definitely disappointed in it...oh well its for a good cause


^^come on dude its not going to be that cold...probably around 33 or so

1/25/2008 6:27:45 PM

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i wish i was in better shape and didnt have a commitment that will keep me out too late tonight.

but hopefully i'll be there to watch at least, to see the streets flow with puke.

1/25/2008 6:37:52 PM

srvora
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people can pick up race packets for other people.

1/25/2008 6:52:19 PM

Johnny Swank
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2980. 300 folks have signed up since about noon. Good god this is going to be crazy.

1/25/2008 6:56:31 PM

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^^ they wouldnt let my roomates pick mine up for me

1/25/2008 7:08:21 PM

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i'm a little concerned how smoothly things will go tomorrow. the committee is doing everything they can. one of the leaders skipped every single class this week save for one lecture, and even there he wasn't paying attention through half of it.

there are professional eating contests much smaller than this and they have full-time paid staff devoted to it and fatter wallets. our spirit is to be creative and try to keep overheads low, so more money goes to charity. doesn't help that we can't do everything in house either...we're dependent on others.

tip for anyone trying to put on events: communicating with outside parties takes is so much slower than you'd like.

it's going to be insane! its exhilarating.

1/25/2008 7:11:31 PM

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holy Jesus

This is definitely on the upper limit of what I expected. I'll be expecting a thick starting line, but I think that the donuts part would be logistically possible. Last year I was amazed at how smoothly it went. That doesn't mean it went really really smoothly, but awesome for such a boom of people.

3000 is ridiculous.

If everyone returns in an standard deviation spread of about 30 minutes, that's 100 people every minute. More than one every second.

1/25/2008 7:27:14 PM

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We just picked up our packets and #'s at KK downtown.

I have to say that y'all are fairly organized for something of this magnitude. The line was long, but it moved pretty quick.

1/25/2008 7:29:01 PM

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we appreciate the comments. Like last year, I would love if everyone here could post comments about their experience and give us some feedback. I saved all the comments and feedback we got into a document, both the good and the bad. We are always looking for ways to improve the experience of this event. It's hard to accommodate everyone's wish, but we want to hear from you what we did well and what we can do better. TWW is an important communication channel for us.

1/25/2008 7:34:36 PM

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the registration site isnt working

the link shows no registration link

1/25/2008 7:35:15 PM

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