Clarification

As a friend said, "I don't understand what you're saying, but I like the pictures." This blog so far has been following the running exploits of two of my friends, not me at the moment, because I'm taking some time off to work two jobs. The three of us primarily run ultramarathon events, 50k or more (31 miles+). T. or now The Todder and L. now lowercase, are my two training partners. And my boss calls me Benelux. So there's us three. Now lowercase is the serious one. He's won a race and placed highly in others, including a 50 mile race and a 100k race. He's also going to race in the Superbowl of ultrarunning, the Western States 100 Mile Trail Run. Which he got into by virture of his victory in the highly contested Way Too Cool 50k back in March. This is a very big deal. A very big deal. The Todder is also serious, although less so, he and I spend a lot of time chit chatting while running. He is working towards his own goals and has enjoyed a number of races without me as I had a leg fracture last season, and now the two jobs. Hopefully, the next few posts will be clearer on the running part and will include some other characters. Until then...

Benelux (you know, BElgium, NEtherlands, and LUXemburg)

Late but not never

So, much has happened since we last viisted together. L. has now joined the inaugural list of dads running with kids, joining me and T. Congratulations L. and R!! Speaking of T. He ran a long one at Peterson Ridge Rumble. A long day for him on a great course. One that I really enjoy. And L., where to start? He runs Way to Cool for a spring warm-up to American River 50 and wins! Automatic entry to Western States 100. Continues on to American River 50 miler as "training" for Western States and takes 3rd behind his training partner in 2nd. Goes to "training camp" on the Western States trail and has to leave "early" to make it home to see his daughter born!

As for me, it's still the running of the jobs, although I did walk some of my mom's marathon in Eugene on April 29th, her 1st at age 56!!! 6hrs.11mins. and she didn't even feel sore the next day. Awesome.

There's always plans for more running. T. and P.(that's you over in Thurston!) will be running Mac Forest in a week or so. and L. is always gearing up for WS100. I hope for a few miles someday soon.

Here's a photo or 2 of RSR for you all away from him.