Sugar Run

Two miles with a dozen donuts in between

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Gay Mag

8 min readApr 17, 2018

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I am perpetually running through the sugar.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge was created at North Carolina State University in December 2004. The idea was to run from the NC State Memorial Bell Tower to the Krispy Kreme donut shop in downtown Raleigh. There, runners would consume 12 donuts before turning around and running back to the Bell Tower…

Brian Oliu

Written by Brian Oliu

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Gay Mag

Writer! Bama Faculty! 4X Marathoner! Donut Enthusiast! Track Jacket Expert! Forever Hype! Catalan! He/Him! RTR! Yes!! brianoliu.com

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