How Far Would You Run For A Doughnut

Last Saturday, roughly 7500 people participated in an interesting race. Run two miles, eat one dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts and then run back. You must finish the race in under an hour and you cannot regurgitate. The Krispy Kreme challenge takes place in Raleigh, NC and raises money for the North Carolina Children's Hospital.

This made me think...I really like doughnuts, but would I run 4 miles for a dozen?? I think not. The furthest I have gone by foot for doughnuts was in Las Vegas. I had to go out there for work a couple of years ago and my friend Cindy went with me because she had never had the pleasure of visiting Las Vegas.

There is a restaurant in The Bellagio called "Fix". We were looking for interesting places to eat before we went and once we saw their banana doughnuts with chocolate and peanut butter dipping sauces we were sold! We were staying at Treasure Island and took a cab to the Bellagio but I think they dropped us off at a service entrance because we walked all over that casino looking for this restaurant. I estimate we walked at least 5 miles. Here is the real kicker...we were too full from dinner to even order the stupid doughnuts. Look at these things...why oh why did we pass this up?

I think this is as far as I would ever be willing to go on foot for a doughnut. I learned a lesson from this. Always and I mean always...eat dessert first.