POP'S BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPS
Today is pops birthday. He would have been 83 years old today. This was our first Christmas without him. It was a very lonely Christmas even though we spent it with all of our family.. there was something missing... POPS.
we went to visit Pops at the cemetery in Hayward today. Lacey had to bring Hammie her new Christmas hamster with us to show Poppy. They talked about the hamster before he left us. It was nice visiting Pops, it re-energized our training, and gave us the lil oomph we needed to get going and do this century ride as well as we can. He would want us to kick some butt and finish the ride as fast as we could even though its not a race.. that's how Pops rolled... do it fast !!!!!
We are happy the holidays are over so we can stop eating all the sweets... man we took the week off our diet and training.. and we both feel like crap. I jumped on Sammie today on the roller for 32 minutes and sweat out the cheesecake and pumpkin pie I had during Christmas. Looking forward to hitting the road Monday and Tuesday and the Team in Training ride this Saturday...
We are also hoping Heather can get rid of the cold and cough attacks she is battling right now... it's hard to ride any kind of distance and intensity while coughing up a lung... but she is a trooper and will get through it...