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MFGs first season came to a close with their finale at Woodland Park in Seattle. The course was a fun one with a balanced combination of hills, tight turns, and straightaways. Rain throughout the day made for a rather slippery course.
About half way through the first lap I was startled by a guy slowly backing from the sideline onto the course. I started to yell at the guy to watch out and then noticed it was Bob and changed my yell to a greeting. I later found out that Bob had taken the corner too fast and he went down. I was feeling tired coming to the end of the 3rd lap and was hoping to see 1 lap remaining on the board. I was disheartened to see that there were still 2 laps left. I spiraled into a deep depression which slowed my pace for a bit. Bob caught back up with me and I complained to him about having 5 laps to do. He was not sympathetic to my cause and surged onward. I made my goal to stay with Bob and was soon back in the race. On the final lap we got to a couple of barriers. Bob was just in front of me and went down as he was dismounting his bike. He looked OK so I kept cruising, trying to chase down another compadre of mine who I go back in forth with from race to race. He was about 40 yards ahead of me. I closed the gap to about 15 yards as we came around the final turn to the finish line. He was on fire and managed to stay ahead of me in the final sprint to the end.....GRRRRR.....maybe next week I'll get him. ~ Chris Liebsch
Woodland Park Results:
CAT 4 Masters Men 35+ (63 racers)
Chris Liebsch - 20
Bob McGee - 28
Terry Davis - 37
CAT 4 Masters Men 45+ (44 racers)
Dan Deyoung - 12
Francisco Pons - 20
MFG Overall Series Results:
Junior Boys 10-12
Daniel McGee - 10
Cat 1/2 Masters Men 35+
Matthew Lynch - 45
Cat 1/2 Masters Men 45+
Jim Albright - 14
Cat 4 Men
Troy Hopwood - 122
Cat 4 Men Masters 35+
Bob McGee - 5
Chris Liebsch - 9
Terry Davis - 63
Cat 4 Men Masters 45+
Francisco Pons - 13
Dan Deyoung - 45
Cat 3 Women
Jenn Sinclair - 5
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