hurray hurray it's finally may !

 i just felt like posting some pix!   the warm weather is here - for the most part - and all the flowers are starting to pop in the forest!

not sure who did this but i LOVE it ...

red trillium in hockley ...

bring it on !

super kool cloud shot ...

white trillium...

i've been putting some great mileage in on alice, but ara doesn't seem to like her too much!

spending friday afternoons at the club boxing with darryl, fig and the guys!

i did my first 50k 'training run' of the season up in horseshoe valley - pick your poison.  4 loops with a couple of ski hills thrown in on each!   it was great to hang with some of the runners i hadn't seen in awhile, especially henry and little pink!

me and the captain had done some carb loading with donuts while in arizona so i thought i'd try it.  much to my delight, they had some nasty boston cream at registration.   i scarfed one down as i was pinning on my race bib.  it seemed to work well - my time was just under 6 and a half hours - surprising myself as i figured on coming in closer to 8 ...

two weeks later i did my second 50k 'training run' at the seaton soaker.  this was a little nerve racking, as i had to drive south of 7.  i did manage to grab a couple boston cream along the way, and me and the captain indulged just before the race.
 

it was a really hot day, and everyone did well to finish!  love this shot of kinga, francesco and stephan!  it was kinga's first 50 since a stoopid injury that kept her sidelined for a couple of years and she KILLED it!

francesco thought it would be funny for me to pose in front of this sign - being a 'no frills' kinda gal ...

steve and adi cooling off afterwards ...

and this guy is amazing - hans - 75 years old!
 

again, i was pretty happy with my time.  6:42 - almost 20 minutes faster than last year! the donuts worked again!

and then last weekend i jumped on a plane and headed west to see the redhead!  he did not disappoint!

gee, wonder where he gets THIS from ...

after faking sick on friday morning - 'i shouldn't go to school today daddy, i might make the other kids sick' - we hit walmart to pick up a present for a birthday party the next day!  i was kinda glad - gave me a whole other day to hang out ...

gawd i love this kid !!!