What Went Down: The Glide

Posted by Epic Athletic Friday, June 18, 2010

After holding a slight lead due to victories in Friscup and Exactitude Matthew was brought down to earth on just how much Joel crushed him in Disc Golf. Joel's win brought him 2 points away from getting the most possible points one can get in any sport and it had catapulted Joel to a 148 - 72 lead over the Disc Golf-incompetent Matthew. But there was hope. He had been successful in the secondary sports and there were 21 secondary sports and only one Disc Golf competition. There would be plenty of opportunities to make up points. One such opportunity was given right after the two returned from Disc Golf. They grabbed their Scooters and headed out for 
The Glide. 
 Matthew needed to make up some series points.


The first race both competitors started at the top of the red course, Joel with the blue (and better) Scooter, Matthew with the red (and much worse) Scooter. They flew down the hill like Eagles on a harsh Autumn day. Matthew took the lead originally but Joel, in the better Scooter, soon overtook him and went flying down Manchester. He made the turn and coasted his way up Wellington, Matthew a ways behind. Joel won the round by 13 and a half feet and seemed to be in a good position going into round to, but that was when Matthew's desperation came into play.

The same course would be run in round two, only Matthew got the good Scooter and Joel got the bad one. They Scooted their way down the top of the course and once again, Matthew took the early lead; only this time it wasn't a lead to be lost. The gap only widened between the good Scooter and the bad Scooter. Matthew shot around the turn and up Wellington like a baseball from the hand of an Exactitude competitor, Joel far behind. The two went as far as they could and that was far for Matthew, and not so far for Joel. Matthew beat Joel by 36 and a half feet, blasting him to a 23 point lead with two races to go. Joel needed to make up ground.

The Matthew took the blue course  for race 3 and Joel went to the red course with the bad Scooter. Joel flew down the hill and when he hit the go point Matthew catapulted himself out of the driveway right in front of Joel's Scooter. Joel kept his cool and soared on past Matthew with his greater momentum. Matthew remained steady and just let the better Scooter due the work. He soon regained the lead as the two made the turn onto Wellington and glided up 3 feet farther than Joel, giving himself a 26 foot lead and putting himself in max out position with one race to go. (The winner gets 25 points for his victory and another point for every foot in his margin of victory, up to 25 feet.) Only in this last race Joel would be taking the good Scooter. The Scooter that, up to this point, hadn't lost. Matthew made his way to the top of the hill, determined to hold the max out points. He shot down Piccadilly and made his way onto Manchester, hit the go point, and Joel flew out from the driveway. The two were neck and neck the rest of the way down the street and utterly tight as they made the all important turn onto Wellington. Fighting for every last inch Matthew and Joel slipped, glided as far as they possibly could, but for Joel it wasn't far enough. Matthew beat him by a foot, securing the maximum 50 points.

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