I Doubled Booked: The Beest & The Doughman
I’ve talked many times before about how much I love pedaling in the mountains. My first century ride is coming up at the end of June which is Blood, Sweat & Gears. But I was so excited to see a new event that I couldn’t stop my credit card from jumping onto the computer keyboard to register. It’s called The Beech Mountain Beest! (It’s this Saturday and it starts at 2pm. There’s a reason I’m pointing out the time).
It’s a time trial up Beech Mountain… 3.2 miles with 1,800 ft. of elevation gain. What great training! Remember, Beech was a crucial climbing stage in the Tour Du Pont, which Lance won twice. It’s also the climb that inspired his comeback from cancer (see quotes to the right).
If you’re interested in registering you can do so until Wednesday (5/20) night. Just click on The Beech link above.
Anyway, I’ve tackled Beech before but I have no idea how long it took. I do know the visibility was poor. You can see that… by this picture I snapped with my cell phone. It was maybe two feet from my face.
Just the thrill of participating in this “Beest” Time Trial is enough for me. I’m so pumped about doing this ride that I’m sticking with it even though my schedule is a bit screwed up (my own doing). That’s where the “Double Booked” comes in. Because I didn’t check my schedule… I am booked for two events that day. The other is “The Doughman” which starts at 8am Saturday in Durham. What is “The Doughman” you ask? It’s the world’s premier Team Relay Quadrathlon – combining competitive eating with a traditional triathlon.
I will be the cycling leg of the race and THIS is what I have to eat before my 8 mile ride. The race has even attracted Adam from the Travel Channel’s show “Man vs. Food”. They’ll be racing and shooting an episode.
It’s called the Bull City BLT: Brinkley Farms bread flour and bacon, restaurant grown tomatoes, lettuce and cucumbers (pickle), restaurant grown fingerling potatoes for chips. I have to eat every last crumb before I’m approved to pedal 8 miles down the road and tag my teammate. Once we’ve all “handled” our leg of the race… we all must meet for dessert before sprinting two blocks to the finish line together. Our dessert? Sunny-side up cupcake with candied bacon: A maple cupcake made with *local eggs and dairy, topped with a cinnamon cream cheese frosting and candied *local bacon.
Anybody nauseous yet? Oh, by the way, our NBC 17 Team name is “My Name Is Hurl” (even though hurling is strictly prohibited).
So, once we complete “The Doughman” (around 10:30am)… I will jump in the car and drive over to Beech Mountain for “The Beest” (starts at 2pm). The good news is I talked with the race organizer of “The Beest” and he says they can put me toward the end of the list (riders start off one at a time every 60 seconds).
That means I’ll be starting around 4pm. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Hopefully, I get there in time to get a good warm-up on the trainer.
WOW… I’m hungry to climb and to eat. Despite the “Double Booking” I think it’ll be one helluva day!
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That is a breakfast of champions! I’m sure that by the time dessert rolls around you’ll have room for it.
The TT up Beech Mountain sounds like a great ride. Riding the same road that had such an positive impact on Lance is awesome.
I just hope you’ll only be tasting breakfast and dessert once that day. 
RON– Awesome… glad ot hear you’re signed up. Once you do it… you’ll be signing up for more. Next thing you know you’ll be heading to the mountains for something like Blood, Sweat & Gears!
IAN– Yes, Breakfast of Champions… just don’t know if it should be eaten *before* the Championship! I agree.. tasting it once is good enough for me! I found out yesterday they’re pulling out the old Tour Du Pont Banner over the finish line… to finish just like Lance. Not necessarily his time though.
I wish you could have a LIVE Cam on your head for both races so we can root for ya from afar. That would bring LIVE @MyNC to a whole new level!
Best of luck to you for both races, Donald. Can’t wait to see the resulting post!
Nice, steep time trial … good luck.
Wow & competitive eating? Too funny, but at least the recipe sounds not too bad,
Best of luck and impressive. You compete in multiple events every weekend, 
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Beech Mountain looks seriously daunting.
Talking of centuries, I plan on my first one sometime during June too. It won’t be as ridiculous as yours