Named for a local training hill (fun going out, hurts like hell coming back), Team Boomerang returns for its 3rd campaign at Snowshoe in 2002. We are a team of 35+ men from the DC suburbs who can't seem to get enough of knee-deep mud at 3:00 AM.15121512Team Members (L to R):15121512Clarence: Senior member of the group. Lead rider in 2001. While conscious, an excellent chef. Will try to ride over or down anything. Loves the Power Line descent. Has been known to injure himself by clearing massive obstacles, then falling over while trying to unclip. Specializes in losing the baton. Great with bolt cutters.15121512Mitch: Team Captain. Will never be lead rider because he will instinctively try to carry his bike on the running part. Master of the 3AM lap. Also master of the 3AM bonk. Vows to train for this year's race by stacking all his lawn furniture in his back yard and riding over it and also by running laps in the shallow end of the pool while carrying his bike.15121512Russ:  Lead rider in 2000. Only member of the team to successfully climb "Spelt Hill" on the local training loop. Exists primarily on spelt bread muffins. Fell on a road ride last year and lost his memory, then hummed the theme from "M*A*S*H" during the helicopter ride to the trauma unit. Unnamed team member took that chance to tell him that he'd raced "really fast" last year at Snowshoe and we were counting on him to do it again. Famous bonk in 2000's race solved by dozens of spectators hurling fruit at him from the deck of the bike shop.15121512Bill:  Will be lead rider in 2002. Recorded last year's fastest team lap and also rode two consecutive laps. Only team member to fall asleep in mid-sentence. Trains by riding road centuries. Still uses water bottles rather than hydration system so he can squirt those pesky riders who won't move over. Has distinct height advantage.