BIKES, BLUES & BAYOUS

As most of you know who read our blog, biking has become quite the big thing in the Pope household in recent months. Jason is pretty much obsessed with it and me—not so much!! I really do enjoy it, but really have no desire to take it to the “next level”. I guess that is the difference in mine and Jason’s personality. Yes, I wish I could say I was a go getter like Jason, but I’ll admit, I’m not. I would be perfectly content with my 15 mile ride that we often do on the Trace. I have gone as far as 40 miles, but I definitely prefer less. Jason, however, has gone as far as 80 miles on the Natchez Trace- WOW!! He is even doing 100 mile race in September.

We recently put our biking skills to the test and participated in our first ever bike ride, BIKES, BLUES & BAYOUS in Greenwood, MS. I wasn’t looking very forward to getting up at 5:00 on Sat. morning and driving to Greenwood, but it was well worth it. We had a great time and many of our Kosy biker friends participated as well. I only did the 20 mile ride, but Jason…..or as I call him now, Lance Armstrong……did the 58 mile ride!! I was so proud of him; he did awesome!!! To finish 58 miles in the HOT HOT MS Delta in August is something to be proud of. Lucky for us, VIKING is based in Greenwood and helped with the race. So after a long hot ride, we were treated to BBQ from VIKING and all sorts of freebies. It was great time and we are looking forward to next year.

**I’m afraid our running days are over…..we’ve realized and read that you burn more calories in biking and it doesn’t take such a toll on your body. So don’t expect any 5K post anytime soon –ha!!