It was a long season of Cyclocross racing and the overall strategy paid
off, earning enough points to take 3rd overall in the Seattle Cyclocross
series. He went into the last race at
Monroe, WA with enough confidence to hold onto third or better for the
series. Day of the race was classic late
season CX conditions, cold, foggy, deep mud, off camber descents with technical
turns. All week it rained enough that
some sections of the course had deep soapy mud puddles. His confidence was shattered in the first three minutes of the race when four
different people crashed in front of him allowing a few in front to gain a huge
gap. The rest of the race was focus, stay
out of traffic and stay upright, which he did to take 11th. At this point really bummed that he had lost
a spot on the podium. After much anguish
he looked at the final results and had to do a double take, still in third for
the series. Very excited !!
Congratulations Dave, showing that you should never give up.
PCG Coach: Earl Zimmermann
Moving up on
a technical off camber descent at Monroe, WA
