competitive eaters

Getting paid to overeat. Great piece from CNN Money about the growing sport of competitive eating and the people who excel at it. Alaina loves Sonya "Black Widow" Thomas, Takeru Kobayashi is my idol but I must confess a soft spot for Carlene and Rich LeFevre. Carlene I love from seeing her compete at Coney Island last year, where she was jogging in place while eating daintily; Rich I admire because, well, he's eaten six pounds of Spam straight from the can in twelve minutes. (Does that make him honorary Hawaiian or Filipino?) [via Watch Me Eat a Hot Dog]