Saturday brings the sixth installment of the Krispy Kreme Challenge, with all the attendant gross consumption that is, well, gross beyond your wildest imaginings. And if you're curious as to how many calories the race's participants will be ingesting, well, that's why I'm here. Go here for more fun facts and figures about the whole undertaking. Demand to get into this year's race is such that people have even been scalping their bibs!

ADDENDUM (2/7/10): And here's how it went.

For some, the Krispy Kreme Challenge didn't end with simply running two miles, eating a dozen donuts, then running another two miles. Riding back to the paper to file a story after the race, I heard someone yell, "Hey! Joe!" Sitting with a group of friends on the patio of the Flying Saucer, hoisting a beer, was friend/one-time-kayak-babysitter/N&O colleague Carol Jenkins, who did a 2-2-2 at the Challenge.

Liz & Lauren: An unprecedented 2-12-2-12! 

Then we got word via the shinny little things blog about the exploits of Liz and Lauren. "Ok," writes slt, "so there is a guy out there right now who can say he won the Krispy Kreme Challenge today; he ran and ate and ran faster than anyone else. He skipped the After Challenge, however. Liz and Lauren did not. They both ran, ate a dozen, ran, AND then came and made a dozen (earrings) at Ornamentea."

Dang! A 2-12-2-12. Look for more extensions on the KKC at the 2010 running. (For more on Liz & Lauren's donut-n-doodad adventure go here.

For a visual perspective on the Challenge, check out former N.C. State Technician photographer Rob Bradley's work here.