Tour de Donut is a 21 mile bike race!
It's a 7 mile lap 3x and there is a pit stop where you stop and eat as many glazed donuts as you can. Each donut deducts 3 minutes off of your time!!!! So Derek & Jeff had a little trick... water down the donut and squish it!
So they had a combined total of 20 donuts!
Anyone can participate and the winnings are divided into categories: Men, Women, 2 age ranges each, and ... TANDEM. Due to Derek's coworker, Caleb, signing up to do the tandem race with his brother (Coby), Derek & his mission buddy, Jeff Richins, rode tandem as well. They just couldn't pass up on the friendly competition! And it was close but.... they WON 1st place in that division! GO DEREK & JEFF!
The pack
Jeff Richins & Derek
They both served in the St.Louis, Missouri Mission
hence the CARDINAL COLORS
Can't miss em! Here is Caleb & Coby in ORANGE
(he wasn't opposed to the paparazzi, he was waving to JoJo)
And they're off!
Go Big Red!
They're #1 Fans
This is where they take the lap and fill up on water and donuts
One of the other tandem teams! They were the cavemen~
I think he's got a soar saddle
Look at those faces?!?! They're keepin a close eye on their competition.
meet Caleb
Aren't they hilarious?!
They finished the race a couple minutes sooner, but...
... didn't eat as many donuts as these guys!
Funny Fact: right as they rounded this corner at the last stretch of the race,
the CHAIN came OFF the bike! HA! So they looked real VICTORIOUS as they cruised the finish line! :D
SO FUN! Way to go guys!
... want a donut?! (NOOOOOO!)
HEY! When it's hot & you're 2 & you have to wait for the winning results, you get creative!
haha! JoJo made a friend and started... well, trying on hats?!
And the GOLD donut goes to... WILLIAMS & RICHINS!
This trophy proudly adorns Derek's office.
The WINNER'S Circle
(circle. donut. round. get it? ok)
Way to go D*ROCK
we love you
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4 comments:
way to go Derek. James returned home from a bike ride as I was looking at your blog and he totally took over. He said that was his kind of race. hahaha
Hillary you look so good. You need to make derek take more pictures of you. So we can see you pretty face more often on your blog. We love you guys.
Derek makes us proud! So how many donuts did they eat?
What a fun event, except the water soaked donuts (yuck!), what ever it takes to win right! Nice job.
Was fantastic to see you at the wedding Derek, thank you for making it work to be there! We can't wait to meet your beautiful wife and adorable daughter some day. Soon I hope. Your name comes up in our family conversations often, we love and miss you.
Love, Irene in Bellevue
Its a good thing Derek is a flexitarian so he could pound those donuts... wow that is one CREATIVE bike race!!!
By the way, while its awesome that he won and all I couldn't help but notice how freakin AWESOME you look. :)
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