It’s pretty easy for Adam and Kristin Labonte to get their three children to Great Glen Trails on Tuesdays for the M&M Assurance Summer Mountain Bike Race Series.
“My kids all love biking,” said Kristin. “They look forward to it. When they wake up, it’s ‘When are we going biking, when are we going biking?”
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