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Maia ran her first 5k in 40 minutes with dad’s help.

Philippe ran in 25.25 minutes dropping his time from last year.

More pictures and results.

Camping at Big Meadow in the Shenandoah National Park.

Finally, the 2012 Leesburg Bakers Dozen race is on!

Will, Tom, and I (More Time Waster Team) partecipated in the 2012 Leesburg Bakers Dozen as a 3 Person Male Geezer.

The Leesburg Bakers Dozen is a 13 hour Mountain biking race held at the 9 mile trail at Shafers Farms in Leesburg. We ended up doing 6 laps each for a total of about 170 miles.  We missed doing on last lap because I flatted during my 3rd lap and had to run/ride it.

Results:

We finished in 17th place. Here are our lap times:

Lap 1 Marco 0:49:00   Lost in the first lap dust
Lap 2 Marco 0:37:37
Lap 3 Will 0:37:19
Lap 4 Will 0:37:30
Lap 5 Tom 0:43:22
Lap 6 Tom 0:45:13
Lap 7 Marco 1:02:09   Flat front tire – Ride/Run
Lap 8 Tom 0:47:54
Lap 9 Will 0:38:18
Lap 10 Marco 0:42:35
Lap 11 Tom 0:45:47
Lap 12 Will 0:38:08
Lap 13 Marco 0:40:58
Lap 14 Tom 0:46:33
Lap 15 Will 0:38:32
Lap 16 Marco 0:43:01   Dark
Lap 17 Tom 0:50:32   Dark
Lap 18 Will 0:41:30   Dark

 

Full results available here: 2012 LBD Preliminary Results1 041512rth.

Here’s the video that Will put together from the race.

Video of the first lap from matt mccluskey on Vimeo. Fast section under pines. I came into the frame at 1:12 and exit at 1:14. A long train of bikes.

 

Today we attended the Board of Directors meeting of the Service Authority of Prince William County where Philippe presented his science project to the board members and received the first place recognition and a $500 check.

Easter day party and hunt at friends house.

15miles of the Shenandoah Mountain 100 Backcountry Mountain Bike Race.