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Happy New Year

Hard to believe we are 14 days into 2014.  So a little behind on this post.  We had our annual New Years party with our biking friends.  The Stange's, Leach's, Garcia's, Mark and Ann all made it.  We had our fiesta feast which is a big hit, which meant plenty of left overs for New Years Day.
 
 
The Ladys

The Men
 
We all had a lot of fun for the New Year and all of us agreed that we need to do this in the summer so we can have a bike ride and a cook out.  Hopefully we can pull it off?
 
 
We then had some really cold temperatures and a snow storm.  It was some of the coldest weather we have had in many years and the biggest snow storm since 1998.  We had around 18 inches of snow.  This was again followed by some very cold temperatures.  Below zero at night and only single digits during the day.  With wind chill it was as low as 30 below.
 
Eventually it warmed up and we got some rain. Some of the snow melted and it has helped to clear some of the roads.  Just not clear enough to ride outside so I have been riding the trainer and have also started to do some weight lifting.  Michelle has been doing it with me!  We have also been working on a diet and it has been successful.

The kids made a snowman!
 
We did decide that we will not be doing Iceman this year.  It will be the first time that I have missed it since starting to participate in 2002.  I will return someday, but when I can do the full race and not the slush cup.  Time will tell if Brendan will enjoy riding as much as I do?
 
Hoping that I can do Barry-Roubaix again this year.  Hopefully that will work out.  If not maybe the Lowell 50 which is the following week.  I also have the LOHS Winter Race on the radar.  That is less than three weeks away, need to see how the weather is.
 
Next up will the the Michigan Bicycle Expo, formerly the MMBA EXPO.  See you after that .



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