My Kind of Bike Race: Tour de Donut
I’ll admit it--I have a bike. And it sits too often in the garage (next to the bar), sad, I’m guessing, if bikes have feelings, at its underutilization. I always let things get in the way of my taking it out for a ride through the neighborhood-- work, recipe writing, cheese--and just can’t seem to get motivated for riding. Until now, that is, now that I’ve heard (via an article in the Telegraph online) about the Tour de Donut. This event, which happened recently in Staunton, IL, was a sweet one, as eating doughnuts got minutes taken off your final time, a situation where “prizes were awarded to those who finished with the fastest time, the fastest adjusted time (depending on number of doughnuts eaten) and for most doughnuts eaten.” I’m starting my training this instant for next year’s race. Well, at least the eating doughnuts part.
--A.J. Rathbun
Dan K. on July 22, 2008 at 11:36 AM
If you do decide to join next July's race, a piece of advice: It's much, much easier to eat donuts at the first stop. By the time you get to the second donut stop, those glazeds don't go down so well.