Bud’s Canary in the Cave Race ~ 2015

Welcome to Bud’s Latest Race

Canary in the Cave

Fayetteville, West Virginia

The night before the race, Bud took me to a Cajun restaurant...YUMMY!

The other side of this sign reads FINISH.

Runner Waiting in Red

Runner Waiting in Orange

Runner and Daughter Waiting in Blue

Father and Daughter

(** If you can’t tell it already, I love to take pictures of braids.)

 All of the following shots are of little Ina. Her mother was running  in the race, and she and her daddy were waiting. I watched her before the race, and then I ran into her again when I went to lunch. She is almost two and the most precious and animated little girl you have ever seen...and very well behaved :-)

I’m ready for this race to begin.

Oops...how am I gonna get over this yellow thing

 to get to my mommy?

Well, I did it!

Thanks,Mommy, for the drink. 

All that running around made me thirsty.

I do not like this hat. It has to go!

Here her daddy and I were trying to get her to pick out two jelly thingies that went together. I have to admit she did pretty well at first, and then she decided it was way too hard and proceeded to put them all into the bowl.

This is the Cathedral Cafe where Ina, her daddy, and I were eating while waiting. Great food. It is an old church, and inside the light comes through all of the old stained glass windows onto the floors. Gorgeous. Did not realize the reflections until I uploaded the photo to the blog.

O.K. It Is Time For the Race

And it is is off. 5 hours to run about 17 miles...

25K plus some more trail to finish.

While looking at the runners taking off, I spied this Jeep 

with reflections on the hood  so just had to take pictures of it.

 The residents used the walking track all during the race. 

For some reason I named this lady, The Bag Lady.

While I was there she went around two times with bag in hand. Heaven only knows how many more time she walked it. She is definitely a woman on a mission.

This lady was walking the dogs while her husband ran the race.

She and I chatted for the longest time. All the people there were so cordial and nice.

 

This was where I waited for Buddy to come out of the woods.

The shadows in this part of the forest were absolutely gorgeous.

 

Here came my Buddy.

He was almost out and at end of race.

Woo!Hoo!

Here he is almost to the pavement with me screaming....”Faster...faster, Buddy, pick it up!!!!

Time is running out. You can do it, Bud."

 Here he is coming into the Finish Line

Buddy paid for the use of this picture of him at the finish line. If you enlarge it or look real hard, you can see me following him from behind still yelling for him to “Hurry Up!". I did not have to make the time limit so I am just puttering along... but he did and he did it. 

And here he is with me...The Finish Line

4 hours~59minutes~08 seconds

The race had a 5 hours limit.  God bless Bud...

he made it in the nick of time!

Thank you, Dan, for taking this picture of us.
I saved the best photo until last. I just love it. 
Just look at that grin on Buddy’s face and his 
“lucky sherpa hat" on his bald head.  

Our friend, the one and only Dan Leaman.

He was the “Commandant” at “The Trilogy” 3 day 

competition at Spruce Knob, West Virginia last month.
Next year I hope to be a rest station volunteer
and on the last day attempt to walk the 5 mile race. 
We shall see.

FINALLY,  FOOD for the WEARY!

Many Pizzaa, even Gluten Free Pizza, Kettle Chips, 5 Carrot   Cakes, and Soft Drinks ~ After pigging out, we got back in the car and drove the three hours back to Lexington. Bud and I had a blast.

Now to get ready for next weekend at Rocky Mount, VA.

Crooked Road 24 Hour Race

This time I will stay at home sweet home.

This post is linked to:

 Blue Monday 
Our World Tuesday
Ruby Tuesday Too
Signs, Signs

Bits and Bigger Bits of Yellow ~ 11-20-11

 Roanoke Star City Half Marathon

Big Bits of Yellow

Little Bits of Yellow

The color yellow

It soothes my soul and spirit

Nature's gift to me

This post is linked with Mellow Yellow Monday.

Bud Runs the Star City Half Marathon ~ 11-19-11

A Combination of Bridges and Shadows

Faster Runners Crossing Bridge at about 4 Mile Mark

If you look, there are 2 bridges...the first one with the blue rails, and then the larger one in the background going over the railroad tracks.

Buddy after crossing the Bridge...one side was closed to traffic..

Here he is  running in front of the Ramada Inn where we were staying ~ at about Mile 4. It was a really cold morning. His time was a bit more than last week’s ~ 3 hours 18 minutes.In Richmond he ran it in 3 hours 13 minutes. It was really fun to see him take off and then run by me later.

These are the spectators crossing back over the bridge at the Ramada Inn. The start of the race was behind these folk, back across the bridge, and down to the right a bit.

I took this shot after leaving the start of the race...couldn’t resist the shadows. The blue railing bridge is right up ahead and round to the left.

Once again Helen, the girl who works with Buddy at the Outfitters, ran the race. She is a hard core runner so started out with him, and then she was long gone! She is a marathon runner.

Down the middle of the ground between the check-in desk area and the bedroom wing at the Ramada Inn. there was what I would call a mini-moat- it was probably a run-off drainage ditch. As you can see, one side was totally covered with leaves from the trees. The photo was taken around noon this morning - after the half marathon -  when the sun was shining brightly.

This is the section down by the footbridge connecting the check-in area to the bedroom wing. This shot was taken early before the sun was out and before the race began.

This post is linked with  Sunday Bridges and Shadow Shot Sunday.

Buddy LOVES to Run

Buddy to Run Roanoke Half Marathon Saturday 

Guess he had such fun last weekend he is going to try for a repeat tomorrow. The only difference...it is going to really be cold, and I will be on my own with my camera for 3 hours. I wonder if he can beat his former time.