It’s 3:49 p.m. on Saturday, and what are we up to? Well, I am currently lying on a bed, blogging. But…

Chad (my husband), his brother (Wels), and their dad (remember, these guys?) are 3 hours and 49 minutes into a 24-hour Mountain Bike Race. That means that from noon today until noon tomorrow, all kinds of crazy industrious bike-riders are making their way ’round and ’round a grueling course that goes up and down the sides of a mountain.

Each course lap takes anywhere from 1 hour & 15 minutes to 1 hour & 30-some minutes, at least now, toward the beginning of the race. The pace might be a teeny bit slower by late tomorrow morning. Chad and his cohorts will take turns doing laps for these 24 hours, although I’ve heard there is a plan to take a short break during the bleakest of the overnight hours.

Meanwhile, the boys and I are alternately cheering them on, reading books, napping, snacking, and walking up and down the sides of said mountain.

Here’s Chad, zipping along one of the downhill sections. It’s blurry because he’s so fast.

And here’s C., keeping me company on the rocks while I waited for Chad to zoom by.

And now I must go. I can only get WiFi internet access from the bedroom, and only if I’m close to the window. But it’s time to put the laptop down and see what the rest of the world is up to.