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Monday 9/3/12 Donut Derby bike race

September 3, 2012
Monday 9/3/12

 

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Today Michael & I were competing in a race.
There are donuts at each rest stop & you get
3 minutes off your time for each donut you eat.

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Donuts……is there anything
they can’t do?

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our drive there was a wet one –
we weren’t sure we would actually be
able to ride but we took a chance
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the race started here at the
Valley Preferred Cycling Center

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Registering for the Race

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I got my number 226

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follow the arrow to the donuts….
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my bike butler at work
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all lined up to race
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I’m ready
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Michael is ready
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a man walking 2 dogs at the beginning of the race
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cops holding traffic for us

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cows….moooooooooo
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Michael having a donut at the first rest stop
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I had ONE!!
I could have eaten more but I didn’t want to!
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I heard one year they ran out of donuts —
no chance of that happening this year!
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Michael getting his donut eating accounted for
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38.5 mile ride today 🙂
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avg pace was 16mph – that’s good for ME!
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a little party afterwards —
we didn’t know it was byob –
but we know for next year!
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cyclist on the velodrome course –
can you see him???

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this girl won her division without eating ANY donuts.
The guy who won the “gut buster” award ate 32 donuts!

Q
there are many benefits to biking –
not so sure about the donut eating part….

S
do you know why I pulled you over? ….
besides the obvious…..

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for ALL the pictures from today – click this link

 

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