I am up for the challenge Pat.
I am up for the challenge Pat.
Ummm.... no. Even a sedentary person burns 2000 cal a day. It is not like they are going to eat their normal 4000kcal diet and ALSO eat these items. They are going to eat these items and then go walk it off and take a nap.A normal stop at McDonalds for many people includes a sandwich, fries, drink and a sundae. And these don't run 22 miles at a time. The trouble will be eating it in 9 minutes, not eating it.
Ears2Yoo wrote:
You're looking at anywhere between 2600 - 2700 calories depending on what type of dressing you get on your salad. I'll tell you what...that's a hell of a lot less than I figured it would be. Healthy this is not, but if you run enough miles, you could burn this off in a couple of days.
Russell,
U do that and U forget the 10 minute mile. It is that simple.
Gentlemen, I come to you today to report a new standard in the McDonald?s Dollar Menu Challenge. At approximately 1:30 pm PST I began the McDonald?s Dollar Menu Challenge in an excitement-filled lunch room surrounded by 3 fellow employees. Less than 8 minutes later, I was done, having obliterated the world record.
Before I take you through the race and give you my splits, let me set the scene.
When this thread first appeared, I, like many of you, thought that this challenge was a tremendous idea. Most runners are pretty big eaters, so I imagine we would all enjoy competing in some sort of eat-off. I, in particular, consider myself to be a big eater, and a fast one. If I had a dollar for every time I ate lunch with someone and when I finished they said, ?Wow, you?re finished already?? I?d be a rich man.
When Patrick Russell (former world record holder) established the record of 14:09, I thought it was a soft record. I even imagined myself breaking 9 minutes for the 9 items. Less than 1 minute per item. The Golden Standard. Could it be done? I thought so. And I thought I could be the man to do it.
Kicking around this idea in the back of my mind for the last month or so, at lunchtime today I thought of the Dollar Menu Challenge and decided that the time had come for me to give it a shot.
Rather than go for the Challenge in the restaurant, I elected to bring the food back to my home course. With the fans cheering and me having eaten so many lunches in this lunchroom already, I figured I would have an edge. My one concern was that the sundae would melt, but luckily our lunchroom is air-conditioned.
I unwrapped the items and placed them before me. I discussed some strategy briefly with my co-workers and then dug in. I used my Ironman watch, which keeps track of splits, to keep the time. Here they are (an orange soda was consumed throughout the session):
Item / Cumulative Time / Split Time
Double Cheeseburger 0:38.82 (0:38.82)
Salad 1:55.92 (1:17.10)
Sundae 2:20.95 (0:25.03)
McChicken Sandwich 3:18.60 (0:57.65)
Apple Pie 3:44.26 (0:25.66)
French Fries 4:54.22 (1:09.96)
Apple Pie 5:22.35 (0:28.13)
3 Cookies 7:31.88 (2:09.53)
Parfait 7:59.10 (0:27.22)
And there you have it ? a sparkling new world record of 7:59.10. Surprisingly, it wasn?t too difficult. I?m full, but not that full. I?m not uncomfortable or anything. The most difficult parts were the salad because you have to use a fork and the cookies because they were really dry and I had mistakenly finished my beverage by then. I strongly believe that this record can be lowered.
However?.the story does not end there.
Proud of breaking the world record by so much and being comfortably under the 9 minute Golden Standard, I reviewed Patrick Russell?s race commentary one more time. It was only that I learned that HE DID NOT EAT 3 COOKIES. I am stunned. I thought the challenge was to eat 9 $1 items, one of which is the drink. Therefore, I naturally assumed that the two apple pies counted as 1 item total. As such, when I saw three cookies on the McDonald?s board for $1 and only counted 8 items (with the two apple pies counting as one), I went ahead and bought the cookies. And I ate them. And they were by far the slowest item due to the aforementioned reasons.
My cookie-less time is actually 5:49:17, achieved en route.
That?s right gentlemen. 5:49:17, absolutely demolishing the world record of 14:09.
I strongly believe that I can lower this time, however, I am not inclined to go for another record attempt unless my own record has been lowered.
I am Geb. Where is my Komen?
i'm afraid komen took up the mc donald's hot coffee challenge...
Certainly an impressive effort!! Congrats on your success.
I do however need to ask a few questions for the public-at-large in order to put some issues to rest.
1) how much time elapsed between the purchasing of the items and the consumption?
2)Did Patrick Russel (Stil WR holder until this record is ratified) unwrap his items prior to eating or durin g the eating process?
3) If the pies cooled and the parfait and sundaes warmed up during the transportation time is this then a different event?
4) Is it a rules violation to have extra beverage, such as a glass of water, to aid in the challenge? It is still consumption of beverage and thus contributing to the stomach fullness but it is not on the menu. hmmm??!!
Patrick did mention that his attempt was merely a time trial with no cheering crowds and thus I believe that his record was simply the result of being the first. Kind of like Women's pole vault. It started with WRs seemingly coming every weekend until they reached the area of proper technique and critical mass in the event to bring it to legit standards.
I seriously congratulate you on your tremendous feat and you are much applauded for going the extra distance in eating the cookies. I'm sure your official plaque and commemmorative t-shirt will be on the way shortly from the LetsRun commission on glutany!
96Owl wrote:
Certainly an impressive effort!! Congrats on your success.
I do however need to ask a few questions for the public-at-large in order to put some issues to rest.
1) how much time elapsed between the purchasing of the items and the consumption?
2)Did Patrick Russel (Stil WR holder until this record is ratified) unwrap his items prior to eating or durin g the eating process?
3) If the pies cooled and the parfait and sundaes warmed up during the transportation time is this then a different event?
4) Is it a rules violation to have extra beverage, such as a glass of water, to aid in the challenge? It is still consumption of beverage and thus contributing to the stomach fullness but it is not on the menu. hmmm??!!
Very good points, and ones which definitely need clarifying.
1) The time between the purchase and the consumption was anywhere from 5 to 7 minutes (I think). McDonald's is a short car ride away and I began shortly upon returning to the office. Is that too long? See answer #3 and judge for yourself.
2) Wrapping before vs. during - Very good question, and one which I did think of beforehand. I considered leaving the wrappers on, but decided that it would make most sense to unwrap everything first. After all, it is an eating competition, not an unwrapping-then-eating competition. *It should also be noted that I took the tops off the sundae and parfait and placed spoons into them ahead of time.*
3) The pies were definitely room temperature. They were not even mildy warm. Could they have been hot if I had actually eaten them at the restaurant? It's possible, but I doubt it very much. Like I said, they were not even warm. The sundaes and parfait - well, there was some meltage on the sundae. I noticed it when I got to the bottom, however, I made the effort to eat this with my spoon. Again, I don't think this was much of a factor anyway, as I pretty much swallowed the solid portion of the sundae quickly anyway. The sundae was actually the easiest part because you could just swallow it, no chewing necessary. The parfait was not melted at all. I guess it's yogurt, so it doesn't melt, right? However, it was still very cold. Cold enough that it hurt my teeth when I was chewing the fruit. Overall, the parfait was probably the second easiest to eat because you could swallow most of it without chewing and the amount of fruit that did require chewing was minimal.
4) Extra beverage - great question. I really, really could have used an extra beverage while eating those dry cookies. One of my co-workers even offered it to me but I refused. I think part of the strategy is in how you distribute the soda you are given.
Few final points:
1) The cookies were chocolate chip
2) The sundae was hot fudge
3) The dressing was Balsamic
4) I did not bother eating the nuts that normally go on the sundae
5) Oh, and I had an orange soda like Patrick Russell
Very good clarifications. I think that your record will stand the scrutinity of the judges (whomever they are). I think that the detail you brought out in your post will help to more clearly define the rules.
1) you are allowed to on wrap the items and place a spoon into the sundae and parfait.
2) you may allow sufficient time for the pies to cool but not so much as to render the sundae liquid.
3) you may not have any beverage other than what is on the Dollar Menu.
4) two (2) apple pies constitute one (1) single menu item.
5) three (3) cookies constitute a single menu item.
Congrats to the new record (pending ratification from at least one LetsRun regular who posted during the inital planning phase of this post)!!
BUMP!
Reponse?
BEER STEAK, you are a friggin god.
NOt so fast Steaky.......Disqualification: moved from the competiion site. The task HAS TO BE done at McD's.
therfore Russell retains his WR and you are #1 on the "under any conditions list" .....just like obedleae thompson's 9.69 100m in a hurricane!
I wish I was still in college.
The asian guy did not beat the bear.
jnative wrote:
yea well that asian guy got destroyed by the bear on Man vs. Beast.
Leave it to lockport kids to think of new competitions.
can you read???
Truth Guy wrote:
NOt so fast Steaky.......Disqualification: moved from the competiion site. The task HAS TO BE done at McD's.
therfore Russell retains his WR and you are #1 on the "under any conditions list" .....just like obedleae thompson's 9.69 100m in a hurricane!
No way! Long live the STEAK!
Is Thomas her maiden name? Could she possibly be single?Seriously, Sonya Thomas could make any runner very very happy. She can eat 7 thickburgers in 10 minutes! Also, please take note of the 43 soft tacos in 11 minutes.
If you are scoring at home, 7 thickburgers at 3/4 lb is 5.25 lbs. That is 5 percent of her body weight!
Is Thomas her maiden name? Could she possibly be single?Seriously, Sonya Thomas could make any runner very very happy. She can eat 7 thickburgers in 10 minutes! Also, please take note of the 43 soft tacos in 11 minutes.
If you are scoring at home, 7 thickburgers at 3/4 lb is 5.25 lbs. That is 5 percent of her body weight!
I can throw down a double cheeseburger in about 30 seconds. I think the McChicken would be slower, unless its more moist than usual. I think the McChicken and the salad would be the slow items.
BCT
Truth Guy wrote:
NOt so fast Steaky.......Disqualification: moved from the competiion site. The task HAS TO BE done at McD's.
therfore Russell retains his WR and you are #1 on the "under any conditions list" .....just like obedleae thompson's 9.69 100m in a hurricane!
I'm fine with that if we can get more than one person who feels strongly about it. It's important to be consistent in these matters.
But I personally don't think the venue matters as long as wherever you go isn't so far away that the sundae melts.
Either way, thank you to my fans for your support. You're the reason I got involved in this sport in the first place. Actually, no, that's not true. I do it for the groupies primarily, but after that, definitely for the non-groupie fans.