Doughnut Challenge for Lightweights
We all know about the Krispy Kreme Challenge, which now requires a five-mile run and consumption of a dozen doughnuts. I’d have a better chance of completing an IronMan wearing a suit of armor, but I’ve only just learned that in my local area we have a doughnut run for food race weaklings like myself.
It’s called the Donut Dash 4-4-4-4 and it’s scaled down a bit. Two mile run, four doughnuts, and two miles back. If you’re still squeamish, you can eat six doughnut holes instead. Proceeds benefit the Child Life Program at Sutter Children’s Center.
Despite my deep love for doughnuts and all forms of fried dough, normally I would avoid this like the plague. But isn’t it incumbent upon me as the creator of a funny running web site to participate and report back to you, dear readers?
Now that I’ve mentioned it, stay tuned to these pages while I work on ways to weasel out of it.
Categories: Columns Tags: Donut Dash 4-4-4-4, donuts, doughnuts
Doughnuts and Running: Two Great Things That Go Great Together
The next best thing to being at the Krispy Kreme Challenge is to have a 10-minute documentary of the race from start to finish.
The winner finished in 30:20, which is only slightly slower than I can run 4 miles without eating a dozen doughnuts.
Categories: Outpost of the Odd Tags: doughnuts, krispy kreme challenge
Advanced Running Tips: When to Eat the Doughnut
You can go anywhere for advice on form, hydration, stretching, etc., but only here will you get the inside poop (so to speak) on the crucial topic of when to eat a doughnut before running.
I’ve held court on the benefits of fried doughy pastries many times in the past, and have even revealed the Kenyan secret to world-class distance running, but just like splitting the atom, eating a pre-run doughnut requires extreme caution.
This morning, for example, I foolishly ate a lovely, puffy doughnut right before I went out for a five-mile tempo run. This is the hallmark of a rank amateur, since everyone knows you need at least 45 minutes to an hour for that sugary mass to work its way into your bloodstream and rocket you to superspeed. But I was late getting out this morning, so I threw caution to the wind and glommed it down before heading out.
Well, I was right as rain for three miles before that lovely, puffy doughnut magically transformed into a gruesome, leaden anchor in my gut. Nothing like a good stomach cramp to ruin your run.
Anyway, I managed to complete my workout with an average 8:19 pace, which wasn’t too bad. Coming on the heels of my 14-miler on Sunday (9:01 average pace, negative splits – 1:04 vs 1:02), I’m progressing nicely with 18 weeks before my marathon.
So today’s lesson, kiddies, is to eat the doughnut. Don’t let the doughnut eat you.
Categories: Columns Tags: doughnuts, long slow distance, nutrition, tempo runs
