DailyMail.co.uk has an article about British bodybuilder Rene Campbell, who intends to eat 4200 calories a day until she weighs 20 stone (280 pounds). Her current weight is 13.5 stone (189 pounds).
61 year old ultramarathon swimmer Diana Nyad has just started her attempt to swim from Cuba to Key West. CNN.com has a page tracking her progress. She has been eating 9000 calories a day, mainly in non-solid form, to prepare for her journey, which is a decrease from the 12000 calories a day she ate in the 1970s. update Diana Nyad quit Tuesday morning after swimming 29 hours.
Jocelyn Bendijo, quarterback of the Lingerie Football League's Minnesota Valkyries, announced she wants to compete in an eating contest at the Minnesota State Fair.
The Orange County Register has an article about Damon Wells and Stephanie Torres competing in the Nathan's finals which reports that Stephanie Torres won a CIF-Southern Section Division II championship in cross country in 2003 earning her the title of OC Register Girl Runner of the Year.
The Facebook for Mac 24/7 in Honolulu has a picture of bodybuilder Nikki Warner, who finished the Mac-Daddy pancake challenge on April 16 and then ate an order of chicken wings. Her time of 25 minutes is listed as the third fastest overall behind Joey Chestnut (15 minutes) and the woman who finished the challenge in 24 minutes without leaving her name who was given the pseudonym "Jane Dough".
Former University of Connecticut basketball star Tina Charles says she would retire from the WNBA if she could appear on a "Woman vs. Food" show. She reportedly ate 40 ribs before a basketball game.
Amanda Traylor of the University of Ohio swimming team is the first woman to complete the Boss Hogg challenge at Kiser's BBQ in Athens, Ohio.
University of Texas volleyball player Jennifer Doris' 6000 calories a day metabolism is the subject of an article in Statesman.com.
The website for the University of Texas athletics has an article on the 6,000 calorie a day diet of 6 foot 5 inch volleyball player Jennifer Doris, which includes two dinners every night and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches during class.
Grace Lee has a picture of the set of the T.Ocho show.
Triathlete Chrissie Wellington has posted her post race meal after breaking the women's record for an Ironman distance triathlon yesterday: "2 burgers. 6 plates of fries. one plate of onion rings. 4 slices of pizza. 15 donuts". Her time of 8:36 beat the eighth place male and she ran a full length marathon in under 2 hours and 53 minutes during the race.
Personal trainer Shannon "Carneyvore" Carney has uploaded a video of a six patty burger eating contest she won at Sobelman's in Milwaukee. Shannon previously set the women's record for the four patty burger challenge
The Daily Mail has an article about 6 foot 9 inch, 240 pound, female wrestler Lindsay "Isis" Hayward, who eats 3 pounds of rare steak a day and 5 ounces of chicken every two hours. She claims to be always hungry despite consuming over 5 pounds of meat a day.
Brian Gray has a report on his wife's unsuccessful attempt at the 7 pound burrito at Jack n Grill in Denver. While talking with the waiter, he learned that a 105 pound female marathoner finished the burrito in about an hour, then she completed the challenge in 28 minutes to win a $20 bet during her next visit to the restaurant.
Pat Bertoletti vs. Eagle Brent Celek on ESPN2′s First Take Friday
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Brent Celek will do a jalapeno eating contest on First Take on ESPN2 Friday. He is holding a contest on his facebook that will award an autograph to the fan who submits a video eating the most jalapenos in a minute.
update May 13 Celek’s competition will be Pat Bertoletti and four other ESPN employees. The MLE facebook says that the contest should start around 11:45 eastern.
Wide receiver D Yergey of the Philadelphia Liberty Belles says she can outeat any of the linewomen on her team in an eating contest.
Masako Hozumi, a member of the Japanese Olympic speed skating team, won an eating contest in high school by eating 23 cups of ramen noodles in 3 minutes (via R Suzuki)
Brittany Albrecht attempts Kookamonga challenge
Brittany Albrect has a blog entry about her attempt at the Kookamonga burger challenge at Kooky Canuck’s in Memphis in which she ate more of the 7.5 pound burger than any previous female challenger (and more than Adam Richman did in the Memphis episode of Man vs. Food as well).
update Feb 14 Brittany has competed in three bodybuilding contests (Perhaps she could become the female “Furious” Pete)
BostonAthleticSupporters.com reports that the Harvard's women's swimming team defeated the Boston Blazers indoor lacross team in a four person burrito eating relay contest. Gallery | Video
University of Washington javelin thrower Brooke Tighin claims she eats 7-8000 calories a day, which has enabled her to gain 23 pounds of muscle since starting college.
Kim Olech, who finished 11th in Mallie's calamari contest according to Bill Myers' records, was a third team NAIA All-American on the Madonna University basketball team and led the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference in rebounding (10.44 per game)
Jack n Grill 7 pound burrito Wall of Fame
John Wenzel has a picture of the 7 pound breakfast burrito Wall of Fame at Jack n Grill in Denver showing the three women who have finished the challenge and will reportedly receive free food from the restaurant for life. Rager and Beer Monster has a blog entry about the wall of fame which says that the woman pictured flexing (reportedly a female bodybuilder) also ate a basket of chips and dessert along with her burrito.
Mongo Marquez also recently completed the challenge and ate dessert.
Gallery of St. Louis eating challenges
Metromix has a captioned gallery of St Louis area eating challenges. The prize for the pizza challenge at Talayna’s is now $2000 (the challenge requires both members of a 2 person team to each drink a pitcher of soda in addition to eating a 30 inch pizza.)
In other St. Louis eating challenge news, bodybuilder Isabelle Turell announces that she intends to take on the Pointersaurus challenge with her fiance in May.
Charleston.net reports that a cheerleader defeated two large men in a cheeseburger eating contest held during half time of last night's U of Kentucky / U of South Carolina basketball game. (update GameCockCentral says the winner was actually a member of the dance team)
The University of Michigan women's tennis blog reports that Rika Tatsuno ate 12 chicken wings in 12.5 seconds.
Link Buffet: November 18, 2008
- Video of Kobayashi’s TV appearance after he defeated Joey Chestnut in Singapore
- The Man vs. Food message board on travelchannel.com has some eating challenges I was not aware of
- Presentation about competitive eating tonight at a benefit for the Brooklyn greenway
- Sheep’s butt eating challenge on The Amazing Race
- Video of Hatsuyo Sugawara’s victory in this spring’s okonomiyaki eating contest
- New Jersey pasta eating contest report
- Video of a high school cross country team’s pizza eating contest – results: #1 Caleb 27 slices, #2 Miranda 20 slices
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