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From
RaceReports.net, by Paul Mcdonald, DriveSports Team.
The race itself was a combination of half open highway and half twisting paths
through several Disney parks. For the advanced pack, the first loop was fairly
uneventful as skates navigated the new course and no others skaters were
encountered. The second loop was a different story as the advanced pack had to
deal with slower rec skaters and the pro women pack that was caught just before
the twisting park section. Mark Wiater took charge of a small group at the head
of the pack and surged ahead of the pro women before being caught up with the
women. Josh Willis and I were not so fortunate as we could not get past the pro
women in the twisty turns of the park. We could see Mark and his pack as the
turns twisted, but as a good team member I held back the rest of the pack so
that Mark would be assured of a placement (yeah, right!). My pack would for the
rest of the race be tangled up with the pro women as they picked up the pace in
the last several miles on the open road. Mark would finish in 1:20:59, just a
second ahead of his second place foe for the age group prize. Josh and I would
follow up 13 seconds later to seal up our respective third place age group
prizes. After plenty of drinks and food, the awards ceremony was held outside on
a well manicured lawn with Olympic Medallist Jen Rodriguez handing out the Pro
and Pro Master prizes. The skies opened up just as the ceremony was coming to a
close, but could not spoil a great day. Make sure you place this on your
calendar for next year, it should be bigger and better!
