BERNARDS, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey educator and fitness buff is gearing up for a new challenge: a July Fourth hot dog eating contest on New York’s Coney Island boardwalk.
NJ.com reports (https://bit.ly/2tBmsq3 ) Montville Schools Superintendent Rene Rovtar has run 11 Boston Marathons - most recently in 2014 -but the 2017 Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest is posing an entirely different challenge.
Fifty-eight-year-old Rovtar is familiar with pacing herself for long runs. Now she’s preparing to consume as many hot dogs as possible - her goal is 10 - during Tuesday’s 10-minute eating sprint.
Rovtar, of Basking Ridge, says she got the idea after watching the competition last year, and seeing a woman who leisurely finished after only eating four.
Rovtar says her competitive eating plan is causing a lot of disbelief among her friends.
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Information from: NJ.com, https://www.nj.com
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