Ways to spend your Saturday

Let me just take this opportunity to say what most of you most likely already know, that Lloyd is a real bad ass. While I sit here sipping my coffee and poking around on the computer (and June disgorges our kitchen cabinets), Lloyd is out running a 50K (that's also known as 31 miles for anyone not yet on the metric system). The alarm clock buzzed at 4:55 this morning and Lloyd was out the door about 45 minutes later. He's probably been running for 2 hours already. We won't hear from him until around 1 p.m. when he expects to finish the race. Meanwhile, June and I snoozed blissfully away until a little past 8.

And it's most likely snowing already in King, NC, where they hold the Fat Ass 50. This is his last really long training run before he undertakes the Mt. Mitchell Challenge on 2/23/08, a 40 mile race up and then down Mt. Mitchell, which I believe to be the highest peak east of the Rockies. Check out the website to see the warnings about risk to personal safety encountered on this course, including frostbite, hypothermia, and animal attacks (note: firearms not permitted):

http://www.blackmountainmarathon.com/

Hopefully Lloyd will post a chronicle of today's race soon, but I'm pretty sure he won't come out and say what a bad ass he is (and I'm pretty sure he doesn't ever think it about himself, either). I don't think he'd even imply it. So, honey, please forgive me for bragging on you a little bit. And let me also say you will never catch me running a 50 anything.

And here's a gratuitous shot of June (because come on, I know you want it):
Blueberry face, 8/12/07.