Eat a donut, ride a bike, make a wish come true at Tour de Donut in Katy, Texas
This week, John and I signed up to participate in the upcoming 2010 Tour de Donut on November 7 at 8:00 AM in Katy. The Tour de Donut is a charity bike ride supporting the Texas Gulf Coast and Louisiana chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation the largest wish-granting organization that brings joy to children with life-threatening medical conditions. The Foundation first started in 1980 when seven-year-old Christopher Greicius who was undergoing treatment for leukemia wished every day that he would grow up to be a police officer. One thing grew into another, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation was born, becoming big enough to warrant pop culture references (e.g. in "The Wink" episode of "Seinfeld"). In all seriousness, though, the Foundation does some great work, and with a cousin's one-year-old daughter who died last year from neuroblastoma, I'm all for this line of charity.
The Tour de Donut's concept is to bike one of two routes (28 vs. 55 miles) in the fastest time possible. A-ha, but here's the trick. The more donuts you eat, the more minutes get shaved off your cycle time. The irony is blatant, but it's all in good fun. This will be John's third year doing the ride, and he said he's even seen someone make a necklace out of the donuts to munch on while biking. Hardcore. But the grand prize this year, so I hear, are two ski lift tickets to a resort in Colorado. (Can anyone verify this?) So I'd say the snowy fun to be had may be worth the fashion sacrifice of a donut necklace.
This also marks our first supported ride on our tandem bicycle, not to mention my first supported ride ever. Hopefully our KHS holds up. We need a name for our tandem. Any suggestions?
I'll blog about the Tour experience afterward, but in the meantime, why don't you down some donuts, ride some bikes, and make some wishes come true? Click here to learn more about the Tour de Donut and register. I'll see you there with a mouthful of glazed goodness a la Homer Simpson.