Tour de Donut

With May being the National Bike Month,  and you celebrating by pulling your bike out from winter hibernation, you’ll have plenty of time to train for your summer bike race: the Tour de Donut!

Last year, as I was perusing the Sunday newspaper (I’m so old school), I was distracted by a man in full biking gear, helmet spandex and all.  But it wasn’t the gear that caught my eye.  It was the fistful of donuts he was scarfing down. 

Hmmm… I pondered.  The photo was quite the oxymoron, but I liked it!  Two of my favorite past times affectionately found in one location.  I simply HAD to look into it.  And that I did. 

First, I continued to read about the review, then I went online to the website to read more about this new-found activity.  I learned it was the Tour de Donut, a spoof of the Tour de France created by cycling enthusiasts in 1989 and brought locally by the Rotary Club of American Fork as a unique fundraising opportunity.

And finally, after my research, I voiced my disgust for having learned after the fact about this unique and self-indulging one-of-a-kind opportunity to exercise and eat donuts simultaneously. 

Rod Martin, Committee Chairman for the race, heard my cries and made sure I wouldn’t miss this year’s event by supplying me with regularly updated information.  So, I’m *paying it forward* and sharing the information with you so you don’t find yourself soaking the Sunday’s newspaper with your tears the day after.

Read more about it here and here!  What a great way to get the family together for some fun and exercising (I promise you’ll just burn off the calories of the donut anyway.  Besides, it’s all for a good cause!) 

You can register now for the race which will take place July 17th in American Fork, UT.  They will accept all entrees: individual, road bikes, mountain bikes, recumbent bikes, tandem bicycles, and families!

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