Hot dog competition is a friendly celebration of U.S. 250th
Reece Killebrew, who with his wife Noelle owns Republiq, said the contest was an opportunity to stray from healthy foods.
Having a hot dog eating contest at a fitness gym was bound not to set records for quantities consumed, but it certainly got points for good vibes and love of country. Reece Killebrew, who with his wife Noelle owns Republiq on San Mateo Blvd. Northeast, Albuquerque said the friendly get-together of gym members was a rare opportunity for health nuts to stray from eating health foods. “We don’t eat hot dogs all the time, but I mean, Fourth of July,” Kllebrew said. “It’s a staple, but we’re competitors, so whatever we can — it could have been hard-boiled eggs — we would have competed. But we do love hot dogs, I do love hot dogs, and I do like to over-eat.”Killebrew won his own contest. “I just didn’t want to lose to all my friends,” he said. “I over-eat and eat fast anyway, so this is my kind of sport.”This was the first hot dog contest at Republiq, and Killebrew hopes to do it again. “Every time we have an event here, it always gets bigger and bigger, so next year we’ll probably make it bigger with maybe more hot dogs,” Killebrew said, adding, “We live in the best country in the world, and here at Republiq, we have the best members in the world.”
Having a hot dog eating contest at a fitness gym was bound not to set records for quantities consumed, but it certainly got points for good vibes and love of country.
Reece Killebrew, who with his wife Noelle owns Republiq on San Mateo Blvd. Northeast, Albuquerque said the friendly get-together of gym members was a rare opportunity for health nuts to stray from eating health foods.
“We don’t eat hot dogs all the time, but I mean, Fourth of July,” Kllebrew said. “It’s a staple, but we’re competitors, so whatever we can — it could have been hard-boiled eggs — we would have competed. But we do love hot dogs, I do love hot dogs, and I do like to over-eat.”
Killebrew won his own contest.
“I just didn’t want to lose to all my friends,” he said. “I over-eat and eat fast anyway, so this is my kind of sport.”
This was the first hot dog contest at Republiq, and Killebrew hopes to do it again.
“Every time we have an event here, it always gets bigger and bigger, so next year we’ll probably make it bigger with maybe more hot dogs,” Killebrew said, adding, “We live in the best country in the world, and here at Republiq, we have the best members in the world.”
