donut run

kathrin invited me to a donut run put on by her tri coach, katie, of malone coaching. i convinced josh to do it, but he said i had to do it too even though he knows i'm allergic to donuts. he's been wanting to do the krispy kreme challenge but unfortunately it hasn't jived with our schedule thus far. i told him in advance that it was ok if he beats me in this race.

it was an informal but fun 'race'. you could be a "challenger", run a two-mile loop, eat six donuts, and run the two-mile loop again; or you could be a "casual" runner and eat 0-5 donuts in between the loops. my competitiveness (and hard-headedness) signed us up for the challenger division.

josh and i ran together for the first loop and i just barely beat him to the donut table. he's a fast eater and took off for his second loop when i was only halfway through my donuts.

i attempted dipping my donuts in water, but that was entirely too disgusting. i stacked a couple, smushed them, and forced myself to eat them 'fast'. the urge to puke was stronger while eating them than while running.

a good method

i'm pretty sure this was my first negative split race ever, go figure. donuts clearly make for good fueling.

surprisingly i didn't feel like puking until the last short but steep hill, but my donuts held it together. i almost caught back up to josh - he finished a few seconds in front of me for probably 5th place male 'challenger'.

i finished 2nd place female in the 'challenger' division; maybe 3rd overall? it was hard to tell.

tastes like victory

donut run (1/15): 4 miles, 31:46 (avg pace 7:56), 37*

i stopped my watch for the eating part... so who knows what my "race" time was. this definitely counts as a pr.