We had a good turn out for the Apple Blossom Time Trial the day before Mother’s Day, 5 female and 10 male.  The event was a part of the Apple Blossom Festival a day long celebration of spring on the Byway.  The Festival is held at the Riverview Orchards.  In addition to events and activities normally available at the Orchard, Shenendehowa Rotary provided picnic fare at reasonable prices and a number of free fun activities for youth and families. The Friends of the Mohawk Towpath Byway cohosted.

The cycling time trial was the activity that wrapped up the day’s events with a 4 pm start.  The course was and out and back on Riverview Road going east from the orchard to a turn around just west of the Clifton Park – Halfmoon Town line.  All on public roads the first 3+ miles are rolling hills followed by almost 3 miles of flat through the hamlet of Vischer Ferry and along the northern border of the Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve.

Results:

Position	Bib Number	Last Name	First Name	Gender/Age	Time
1	17	Hackett	John	M 30-39	26:22.6
2	7	Huiest	Robert	M 30-39	30:49.4
3	2	Cooke	Ron	M 70-79	31:27.0
4	5	Walling	Mark	M 20-29	31:59.8
5	8	Rosenberg	Edward	M 50-59	32:49.6
6	3	Forgett	Daniel	M 30-39	33:21.2
7	4	Brennan	Joseph	M 50-59	33:49.8
8	12	Koziol	Jill	F 40-49	34:57.2
9	18	Bologna	Catherine	F 40-49	35:52.9
10	9	Ciolko	Oksana	F 60-69	37:02.4
11	13	Koziol	Nate	M 40-49	40:25.2
12	10	Ellis	Robert	M 50-59	41:57.4
13	21	Stilson	Alicia	F 30-39	45:31.9
14	19	Stilson	Jason	M 30-39	46:38.0
15	20	Larned	Shana	F 30-39	1:03:58

Obviously those who participated missed the Mastodon 15 k race in Cohoes.  The race director of the Apple Blossom Time Trial has done the 15 k previously and loved the course.  I goes through every park in the City including several stretches of the route of the 1842 Enlarged Erie Canal, the Mohawk Hudson Bikeway, and Cohoes High School Campus.  But the run is not for the faint of heart or those out of shape for a 9.3 mile run.