mmmm.....donuts

[AllezGirl]

In general, I shun all things competitive, (fears of inadequacy, I was always really bad at sports growing up) but when I saw that the race was called the "Donut Derby", I couldn't resist.

It was a 35 mile road race in Trexlertown, PA (home of the Lehigh Vallley Velodrome and some of the best roads around!) with two check points. At the check ins they had loads of Krispy Kream glazed donuts, and for each one you ate, 3 minutes was deducted off of your time.

It was a blast! Watching everyone cram down donuts was so funny...and riding with a suger buzz? OK in my book! I finished with an 18 mph average with a ride time of 2:05 and ate 5 donuts for a deduction of 15 min!

Can't wait to "train" for next year ;)

[bike4ever]

St. Louis has had a version of this for years. It is called the Tour de Donut. It is a 30 mile ride with two stops for donuts. You get time credit for each donut consumed.

[Adventure Girl]

This sounds like great fun! Theoretically, if you ate enough donuts, could you end up with a negative time? That would be a lot of donuts!

[Lise]

I love this idea! Screw the Gatorade, sugar up on donuts! Waaaahoooooo!
Could you eat while riding, or did you have to be standing still while eating all the donuts?

[CyclChyk]

Boy do I love donuts! And Krispy Kreme glazed are the BEST!

Where do I sign up???? <salivatingheavily>:p

[MomOnBike]

Where do I sign up?

(Says the woman who has never had an urge before to do an organized ride.)

[salsabike]

THAT is fabulous.

[Xrayted]

Oh, yeah! That's my kind of race. :D Please let us know when the next one is. I am so there. Thanks!
-X.

[snapdragen]

And people tell me my martini ride idea is crazy........:rolleyes:

[CyclChyk]

Make it margaritas Snap and I am THERE! :D

[bike4ever]

Yes you can actually have a negative adjusted time. Read the link from our local cycling message board about the winner from this year.
http://stlbiking.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3385&hl=tour+de+donut

[7rider]

Make it margaritas Snap and I am THERE! :D

Oh, yeah! I'm into that one!

Krispy Kremes (which break my cardinal rule of never partaking in anything that is purposefully misspelled to be cute) would have me burping all the way to the end! Gas powered cyclist ahead!! Oh, brother! :rolleyes:

[Bluetree]

Where I live, there is the Hermosa Beach Ironman held every 4th of July for the last 30+ years.

The rules?
• Run a mile on the sand.
• Paddle your surfboard a mile.
• Slam a six-pack of beer.
• Do NOT puke. At least for 20 minutes.

I avoid try to avoid Hermosa on Independenced Day.
But Kripsy Kreme breaks do sound like fun... and probably the only time they can be eaten guilt-free!

[downhilldiva]

Ok. That is awesome! I would love to do something like that. How fun. This weekend I'm going to do Tour de Suds. It is a mountain bike race. Everyone dresses up and lots of "suds" (beer) is consumed. Maybe it is good that they don't give an incentive for drinking a beer. That could be interesting.

[Trekhawk]

In general, I shun all things competitive, (fears of inadequacy, I was always really bad at sports growing up) but when I saw that the race was called the "Donut Derby", I couldn't resist.

It was a 35 mile road race in Trexlertown, PA (home of the Lehigh Vallley Velodrome and some of the best roads around!) with two check points. At the check ins they had loads of Krispy Kream glazed donuts, and for each one you ate, 3 minutes was deducted off of your time.

It was a blast! Watching everyone cram down donuts was so funny...and riding with a suger buzz? OK in my book! I finished with an 18 mph average with a ride time of 2:05 and ate 5 donuts for a deduction of 15 min!

Can't wait to "train" for next year ;)

LOL - that is so cool. So not only do you need to train for the riding you need to train for the donut eating.......sounds good to me.:)