The Ladyman Family: Bloomsday and such...

Whew... another week in the books. :) Will enjoyed a short week at school, thanks to some unused snow days left from this winter. Unfortunately Mike and I were hit by a crazy stomach bug that seems to be racing through town and had to take a few days "off"... but all is back to good now.
Will played another lacrosse game on Saturday. His team won, I believe the final score was 8-3. Will scored another goal had 2 assists and 5 ground balls. I'm not really sure the significance of the ground ball stats, but both Will and coach seems pretty happy, so I guess we're happy too!

Today was Bloomsday!! I was supposed to walk with mom, but that stomach bug I mentioned, found its way to her house early this morning. So at 8am, I woke Will from a sound sleep and begged him to walk with me. Of course he did, because he is awesome!

A little chilly at the start, but we could see blue skies, so Will added his sweatshirt to collection in the trees. I had actually planned ahead, and let him wear one that was too small and already in the goodwill box... He thought this was hilarious

So just about to the start line, by now we had already seen a few of the elite, top seeded runners who had already crossed the finish line...

Mile 4, just about to head up Doomsday Hill...

the great thing about Bloomsday is the awesome people watching... there really are ALL kinds of people who show up on the first Sunday in May. It is worth the $15 entrance fee just to watch everyone. will and I laughed outloud at some of the costumes and getups that people were wearing. I can not imagine walking 7 miles in a gorilla suit. (BTW... will is the one on the left ;)

We made it up Doomsday and earned ourselves a visit with the Vulture

This couple was AWESOME... we walked behind them for about 1/2 mile. I kept trying to get in front of them to see the other side of the shirts, but we lost them at a water station. Perhaps it was best that we didn't see the front, leave a little something to the imagination.

This guy we found at about mile 7. I don't know if you can read his shirt but he is a "Bloomsday Perennial" He has run in all 34 Bloomsday races. He wasn't moving fast but he was still plucking along and seemed to be doing ok. I wouldn't be surprised to see him again next year.