2 Races

When you start going to the gym on a regular basis, one of the first things that happens (or at least for me) is you start hearing about all of the races, marathons, bike rides, triathlons, century rides, etc that everyone either has or is going to participate in.  It's a bit intimidating!  I keep hearing about all of these plans that so many of my friends have for the summer.  Overall I don't feel ready for most of the things that they are going to do, but there were two events that did catch my eye. 

The first is called the Dirty Girl Run and is held at Wheeler Farm.  It's a 4 mile obstacle course with lots of dirt and mud!  It's not a timed competition and is basically just something to go and have fun with your friends!  The 4 miles part has me a bit intimidated, but I still have about 5 months to prepare!

The other is a couple of weeks after the first and is called the Utah Tour de Donut!  This one is a completely fun and crazy bike ride.  Ok, here's the gist of it.  You ride your bike over a 7 mile course.  Then you stop......take a break......and eat as many donuts as you think that you can hold down!  Get back on your bike, ride the 7 mile course again, and repeat the rest stop/donut eating!  Lastly you ride the course one more time!  So basically, you are riding for 21 miles, with a couple of donut rest stops in the middle!  Then at the end, they take off 3 minutes from your final time for each donut that you ate.  Sounds crazy, sounds fun, sounds like something that I want to try out!

Even though I'm going to have to push myself to make sure that I am physically ready for both of these, they just don't seem as scary to me as some of the other more "serious" events that I know of.  I think that's probably why I am willing to give these a shot.  They are more for fun rather than for a serious competition!

Wish me luck!  BTW - I made up a couple of little count down tickers for both of these events and posted them at the bottom of my blog.  Help me keep track of how long I have to prepare!