By ErinG

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Dave's Bike Race - Baker's Dozen

The Sixth Annual Leesburg Bakers Dozen is a 13+ hour Mountain Bike Race that started at 9:00am on April 14, 2011. The event was held on a private farm overlooking the Potomac River 3.5 miles North of Leesburg Virginia.  The course was about an 8.5 mile loop made up of rolling hills with plenty of semi-technical challenge in the form of rocks, roots, log piles, and small ledges. It was a fast course, but as time went on seemed to get harder and harder.

The race consists of a mass start at 9am and saw many riders trying to get a fast start and into the woods to avoid bottlenecking at the various obstacles which could cost you several minutes.  By the 2nd lap, racers were pretty well spread out with fast lap times running around 40 minutes and average times closer to 1 hour. 

Home Base
Dave brought his tent with him with the intention of spending the night before and after the race, it also was a great place to store all of his stuff in between laps.
Concentrating on going over a nice pile of rocks!!
 Because of the lack of rain the course was a dusty mess.  All riders were coming in covered in a few layers of dirt and there seemed to be a brown fog that permeated the air.  Sweat lines and sweat in the eyes took on a whole new meaning!!
No laughing in bike racing!
 The kids waited patiently in the pine forest to see their Dad riding past.  You can see the dirt in the air as it was not only the riders who were covered, we ALL WERE COVERED!! :-)
 Kids cheering for their dad!!  "Go Super Fast Daddy!!!"

Dave took a break from his laps to help Cora do her very first "Mountain Bike" race.  It was a race through a field, into the woods, then through a pine forest and back.  We originally did not sign her up for this race but as soon as her training wheels came off she practiced in the front yard and said she was ready.  There were about 40-50 kids in the race - with parents running along next to them to ensure safety, it was crowded!
 
 Cora was there with her friend Riley and Dave decided he would stay with her during the race so Luke and I ventured off to find a place to take pictures and cheer Cora on.
 Because the start was so crowded Dave decided to help Cora stay balanced through the stop/start of the first 200 yards.
 But it didn't take long before he was running to keep up with her.  She had some trouble on the up hill parts - we are practicing this at home and I was worried about how she would do with people all around her and with rocks - but she only fell hard once and was able to get up quickly, only a few tears shed.
 The kids were allowed to go around the 1/4 mile loop as many times as they wanted - Cora ended up doing the loop 3x during the "race" time and then later made me go back so Luke could ride his glide bike  :-(camera ran out of batteries by then)
 For the most part, the course was flat, going through the bumpy grass and field proved just a bit harder then traveling through the nicely packed wood path.  When she was finished she and Luke both unanimously stated that they couldn't wait to do it again!!!
 For most of the race Luke was running from place to place to cheer Cora on and when he got a chance to ride on Daddy's  shoulders - that made his day!!

(Although Daddy had some more laps to do and I am sure was very tired!)
 The post race treat was ice cream.  Cora and eventually Luke sat and enjoyed their dessert!
 After the ice cream - Dave was off again to complete some more laps in the dust!! 
When we got home the kids were exhausted and we all were filthy. IT WAS A GREAT DAY!!!

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Cora's Age

Luke's Age

Training

Distance for 2012. Goal 1000

Statistics of Growing Children

Aug 2012 - First day of Kindergarten for Cora was spent at the doctor instead of at school - PinkEye. Both kids: Cora 47" (3'11") 44lbs. Luke 46"(3'10") 43lbs.

Jan 2012

Cora and Luke turn into twins. BOTH are wearing size 13 shoes and weigh 40 pounds. Cora is 44 inches, Luke is 43 inches.

11/11/11

Cora: 4 years 5 months: 40 lbs; 44 inches

Luke: 3 years 3 months: 39 lbs; 42 inches

Mom: 36 years old: 150 lbs; 71.5 inches

Dad: 40 years old: 175 lbs; 74 inches


August 30, 2011

Luke's 3 year old well visit. Flu shot. 2nd Lead Test.

Stats:
Height: 42 inches (off the chart)
Weight: 38 pounds (90th percentile)

Speech: I will contact school to ask for testing. No rush, but speech class looks to be in his future.

August 10, 2011

New shoes for both kids:

Cora AND Luke: size 12!!!

May 22, 2011

Cora (4 years old): shoe size 11.5; height: 42 inches (92 percentile); weight: 38 pounds (72 percentile)

February 19, 2011

Cora (3 years 9 months) new shoes: size 11; height: 42 inches; weight: 35 pounds.

Luke (2 years 7 months)

new shoes: size 10.5 (2x wide); height: 39.5 inches; weight: 34 pounds.

September 12, 2010

Cora (3 years 3 months) gets new shoes: Size 10.5

Luke (2 years 1 month) same size as before: Size 9

August 18, 2010

Luke's 2 year appointment:

No shots. Everything looks great. Doctor says all is well and our only concern is the temper tantrums that seem to be occurring more often.

Weight: 31 pounds (60th percentile)

Height: 38" (off the charts) {. . .if you double his two year height and "predict" his adult height Luke will be 6'4" tall!!]


June 11, 2010

Cora's 3 year appointment:

She started to get nervous when I told her about the appointment but I was very firm and told her not to cry and that she was going to be brave. Both the nurse and two doctors (one was an intern) said she is in great health, size and weight. They all also commented on her "advanced verbal skills." (I secretly wondered if they were saying that she NEVER stops talking?!) We will make a dentist appointment soon and probably start fluoride pills or treatments since we are on well water.

Weight: 34 pounds(75 percentile)

Height: 42 inches (off charts - about 115 percentile)

Currently wearing 4T dresses, 3T/4T shirts & shorts

March 9, 2010

Luke (19 months) had his 18 month appointment.

Weight: 28 pounds (75th percentile)

Height: 35.5" (off chart ;-)

Immunizations as scheduled - handled it well. Issues with a limp - will see specialist - hopefully will turn up nothing!

February 3, 2010

Luke (18 months) got new shoes - size 9XW!! (XW = extra wide)

Luke weighs 28 pounds - he was weighed at his sick visit on Jan 28, 2010.

Cora (2yr 8months) got new shoes - size 10!

December 2, 2009

Luke (16 months) had his 15 month check up.

Height: 34.5 inches (110 percentile - off the chart)

Weight: 27 pounds (75 percentile)

Another vaccine was given but we declined the flu vaccine. Dave and I discussed it and we are watchful of the flu but not worried. . . we are comfortable with the major vaccines but don't necessarily want to add two more (regular flu and H1N1) to the shots schedule.

November 2, 2009

Luke (15 months) got new shoes - size 8!!

He wears 18-24 month clothing.

Cora (2.5 years) didn't need a new size yet - size 9!!

Cora is in 3t pants and 3t or 4t shirts.

August 27, 2009:

Luke (almost 13 months) had his one year check up.

Height: 33.25 inches

Weight: 26 pounds

He received his shots/vaccines and handled them like a big boy. . . but his lead test was torture!! He screamed and had a tough time with it.

August 15, 2009:

Luke (12.5 months) got new shoes - size 7!!!! (The lady at the Stride Rite who has owned the store for 30 years said, "I have not sold many shoes this size for a kid this young.")

August 10, 2009:

Cora (age 26.5 months) got new shoes - size 9.

July 24, 2009:

Luke was grabbing his hears a lot so we decided to take him to the doctor to double check to see if he had an ear infection. Also, Cora has a mysterious rash that needed a doctor's quick glance. Turns out Luke has a small ear infection and Cora has just a basic children's rash - allergic to something she touched and it will eventually go away.

Luke: 25 pounds 3 ounces

Cora: 29 pounds

June 1, 2009:

Luke's "9 month" appointment (he is 10 months old but we wanted to schedule Cora and Luke for the same day):

He did great!! No tears - No problem!!

Weight: 21 pounds 6 ounces

Height: 32.75 inches

Currently wearing size 18-24 month summer clothes, sometimes fitting into 12-18 month.

Cora's "2 year" appointment:

She cried as soon as she got into the parking lot and didn't stop until about 30 minutes later - crying isn't a good description for the screaming and yelling that came from her little body! Cora finally calmed down to be examined by the doctor - all is looking great! She did get one shot . . .and she cried again. . . but when the nurse took the needle out she said, "No more hurt!" So she did get a few points for bravery at the end!!

weight: 26 pounds

height: 37 inches

Currently wearing 3T dresses, shorts (for length) and 2T shirts.