NC schools’ chief successfully runs, eats 12 doughnuts

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The head of North Carolina’s schools is among those who completed a 5-mile run that included eating a dozen doughnuts.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson tells The News & Observer of Raleigh that he trained all year for Saturday’s “Krispy Kreme Challenge,” although his regimen didn’t include downing the doughnuts.

The challenge raises money for North Carolina Children’s Hospital. Contestants run the first leg, eat a dozen doughnuts and complete the second leg to N.C. State University, all in an hour. Johnson promised he would participate if 95 percent of educators would respond to the annual working conditions survey last year.

The Department of Public Instruction says a record 91 percent responded, but Johnson ran anyway. He says he finished the dozen doughnut before crossing the finish line.