Tour de Donut Results

Some of you may know that I can put away a lot of food. I've out-eaten 6 guys at all-you-can-eat Taco Night, I have eaten a giant yucky apple fritter just to prove that I could, and now my talent at eating has finally been recognized...I took 2nd place at the Tour de Donut! I ate 10 donuts and one more donut would have clinched the women's division for me. Even with some early technical difficulties...Jordan took 5th..pretty impressive since she'd only planned on eating a donut or two...she ate 7. Chad wussed out on us and ate 3 measly donuts. Sad effort, Chad. We expect a little more from you next year.

21 miles of biking and all the donuts you can eat...what a race! Jordan and I had a great time. We probably spent a little too much time chatting at the donut table and not enough time shoving those glazed babies in our mouths. We'll have to formulate a better strategy for next year....that Golden Donut will be MINE!

Tour de Donut

Chad, Jordie, and I will all be participating in the Tour de Donut tomorrow. We signed up for this a while ago, and we've been in training, eating donuts and riding our bikes. It should be a great event, not only for the biking and donuting, but because the race is now raising funds for the family of a young cyclist who was killed in an accident earlier this week. The story on the news has had me thinking a lot since then, especially since she was hit on a road that I ride and run on frequently. Life is precious...we should try to find joy in every day, living with gratitude and serving others.

Spinsters are people, too.

It was one of those weekends. I have a feeling that God might be laughing at me.

• I was asked out on a date....he took me to a musical about a plain spinster.


• I got a cute thank-you note from a little girl in the ward...she wanted to know if I'd found a husband yet.


• Engagement/wedding announcements galore...for girls 21 and under.

Not funny.

Wasatch Back

After last year, I swore I'd never do the Wasatch Back again. Well, I got sucked in. See...it's not that hard to talk me into things! I ran with the eBay corporate team, and it was actually pretty fun. I did a better job of working eating and sleeping around the running, so that made me less cranky. Also, the eBay team's name was "eBay It Forward", so they gave us each a $25 gift card to give away to people we saw that were helping others out or just having a great attitude. It gave us a chance to interact with a lot of other teams, and that was pretty fun. My van was awesome and they were great supporters, giving me hugs and Gatorade after each of my runs and making sure I had a Diet Coke at the finish line. What more could a girl ask for? It would have been nice if my team took the "running superhero" costumes as seriously as I did...

Happy Father's Day!

Hope you have a wonderful day, Dad!

Utah Valley Marathon

I ran the Utah Valley Marathon on Saturday. My IT band has been acting up, so I was just hoping to finish around 4 hours. I woke up at 2:45 am (yikes) to get to the buses at 3:45, and ride up Provo Canyon to the start line. It was a cold and rainy morning, which isn't my favorite for running. The race started at 5:30, and we were off. I went out too fast (typical) and hung with the 3:40 pace group for a while, but I knew it couldn't last and I would pay for it later. And pay for it, I did. Both of my IT bands were tight at the 5-mile mark, but I pushed through it because I'd told Chad and Jordan that I would be at the finish line around 9:30. I ran into a friend at mile 18 and we ran together and caught up for about 5 miles and then I told him to go ahead. The last couple of miles were painful with my tight IT bands and my calf muslces cramping up. But, I finished...in 3:58. I think it was my awesomely bright running shoes that pulled me through. Chad and Jordan were super supporters, cheering at the finish line and then we all headed out to enjoy pancakes and french toast at IHOP.

Salem Spring Triathlon

Chad and I decided to celebrate National Doughnut Day by doing a sprint triathlon down in Salem. Well, not really, but Chad was almost as excited about doing his first tri as he was when he got his doughnut. My friend Jared was in charge of the water safety, so I let him know that he if let Chad drown, we would no longer be friends. Chad's wave went out 20 minutes before mine did, so I knew if I got to transition and his bike was still there, something didn't go according to plan. Not to worry, Chad did great! If he gets any faster in the water, I won't have a chance of beating him since his bike and run are so much faster than mine! Maybe I'll start giving him tips like, "eat a giant plate of fettucine alfredo minutes before you hit the water."

All in all, it was a beautiful day for a race. I finished with my fastest bike split ever (averaging 20.3 mph), and had a great swim and a good run. Chad lollygagged in the water a bit, but finished with a strong bike and a super strong run. Way to go Chad! I managed to edge him out by a minute in my 20th tri, and his first. Anyone else out there I can suck into triathlons? It's so much more fun to do them with friends and family!