Wayne and Erika Pfeiler

Saturday morning, Erika and I and about 1400 other crazy people met up at the NCSU Belltower for a 4-mile donut eating race. It was all to benefit the NC Children's Hospital and have some fun.

The way it works is runners pay a $10 or $15 entry fee and get a t-shirt, and meet up on the chosen date to run/jog/walk 2 miles from the belltower to the Krispy Kreme store in downtown Raleigh. Once there, the challengers are to eat 12 hot glazed donuts and then hurry 2 more miles back to the belltower, all within an hour. It was crazy, and it was fun. This year, the best time was under 25 minutes. I remember seeing this guy racing back as I was still trying to get to KK. I came in with a time of 1:01:34, so technically I didn't quite meet the challenge. I also technically only ate 2 donuts, and carried the rest back with me - can't let those gems go to waste, right?

Notable appearances were made by Elvis, Extreme Wolfpack fans, and pirates pushing a grocery cart/ship along the way. I was impressed by how many people came out to volunteer their time during the event. Police even blocked off traffic as runners raced along the downtown streets. We took a bunch of pictures and posted a few for your viewing pleasure.

There's a website with more information about the fundraiser if you're like to check it out.

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So we got the first snow of the season in Raleigh this morning. It wasn't enough to close the city down, and it looks like the public works people did their job by spraying brine on most of the roads last night. Lots of the local schools closed for the day, or opened with a delay, but NCSU was still in session. By this afternoon, the temperature is supposed to warm up and we'll get some rain. But the snow is pretty while it lasts. I posted a few other pictures as well.

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