megazone challenge - the results are in

as 5 pm approached, i admit, i was getting a little nervous. i'm pretty competitive, and wanted to do my best in what was essentially a fun challenge. i wanted to know if i could eat the megazone, and could i do it faster than everyone else.

the competition arrived. we had some laughs.

mike the fresnan was in good spirits



josh/famous whitewater is a slim dude, and so a lot of people were thinking he might be a favorite, a kobyashi type.



joey/lola la chola was all dolled up. she said the dress was to give a muumuu expansive effect.



the prize we were all gunning for



my megazone as it arrived. i was told after the competition that they had weighed mine before they brought it out and it was just under four pounds. i'm glad they told me that after.



this is my hand above the megazone in an attempt to give some scale. my hand is maybe an inch above the megazone, and my hand is 8" so the megazone is somewhere around 11" i think.



i went straight to work, employing a technique of eating all the center filling and then attacked the crust. it was difficult because it had tons of meat - i think pepperoni, salami, canadian bacon, sausage and some ground beef, and it had mushrooms, olives, green peppers and onions. i was so hoping there wouldn't be onions as i really dislike them. here's a photo i took when i was pretty far along.



my last two bites



here's what joey had left when i finished. she ate her way to a fourth place finish.



the fresnan didn't want to give me an unobstructed view of his third place finish. mikey, maybe this is why no one picked you.



famous whitewater made a valiant effort, and i actually was worried about his progress for a while. he came in second and ate all but about 1/4 of the megazone.



me, i just cleaned my plate like my mom taught me to do.



all gone.



my winnings: pitcher of beer that i shared with two others and still didn't finish, the megazone champ trophy, and a $20 certificate to milano's.



i think everyone had a good time. i know i was stuffed, and was hurting a bit like i had been punched very hard in the stomach. i couldn't go anywhere for about 45 minutes and then i drove home.

thanks to kendall & milano's. i'm glad to be one of 9 people to have conquered the megazone.

UPDATE: here's some video taken @ the event.

megazone challenge post 2

in this corner...this guy



note the stubble. i'm training so much that i don't even have time to shave. also note the unbuttoned shirt that says, "i'm loose, i'm ready, i can eat a giant calzone." also note the gatorade bottle in the background. that's right, i drink gatorade.


and in this corner, weighing in somewhere between 1.5 & 2.5 lbs...the megazone!



it's big. it's bad. it will probably give me heartburn (i'm getting old). it will definitely challenge me.


i'm not trying to brag, but i think of my main competition as the megazone. i mean, joey, mikey, and josh will be there, too, and i'm not totally discounting them, but that beast on the plate is the real thing to conquer. i take it down, and the competition is mine.

head down to milano. it's downtown. it's not scary. it's on the fulton mall. 1243 fulton. the eating begins @ 5.

megazone challenge

you know what's not good for you? overeating. you know what i'm doing this thursday?

overeating.

this thursday, i'm taking on
famous whitewater/j.t. rocket/joshua "i'm a bowler" tehee
joey "lola la chola" fernandez
the fresnan/wiffle/mike "i pull wires" seay

in the megazone challenge @ milano.

now, i like milano's pizza, but i haven't had a calzone from there, let alone a two + lb version of a calzone. but i love a challenge, and i will not lose.

so, come out and watch me eat some fools under the table. and, enjoy some pizza of your own.