Coach Earl
wins the Seattle CycloCross Master 45+ series. He went into the last race of
the series down by 11 points from first place. Days before the event we
experienced pouring rain causing flood warnings. Two hours before the start of
the race the rain began to fall hard - again. The course was epic, thick soupy
and sticky mud sections, flowing water, mud, steep downhill, off cambers
sections, a wall for a walk up and did I mentioned the mud, giving us extreme
CX conditions. Minutes before the start, he had a slight mechanical and he
missed the call up, the official put him in the second row, ouch! This was
good, because now he was fired up even more, pushing through the group to grab
a top 5 for the all important hole shot. He stayed upright for the entire race
and dug deep through the never ending mud and sand. Came in 2nd for the race to
earn the overall victory of the series.
