But there's an oh-so-exciting first FBF of the season in the Spring Series the same day.

Have fun out there guys. 

I can't race - no fields for me. 

Start with Vlad attacking from the whistle. Dan countered, I countered. After about 30 minutes of that Craig made a great attack. 

Sprinkle some blocking in. 

And you get Craig taking second from the break!

Good jorb all. 

Group of 3 or 4 goes on 2nd or 3rd lap. Doesn't go far and no one seems too concerned. Couple of laps later there's a big attack from Mengoni with big reaction from Liberty and Colavita. I know this is it. The field splits trying to cover it. I dangle in no mans land for a lap and watch a small group roll off the front of the front group. Eventually the field comes back together, bu the break is gone. I actually attack several  times over the next 30 min and end up in short lived moves, but cannot actually get away. It was easy to get a gap on the sharp turn into the uphill wind. I think this is where Andy got away. We get lapped with 2 to go. Field sprint ensues, which was meaninglessness for most of us. Fun, safe race with a course that was harder than it looks. Short train ride to Rahway making  it great to get out of the city. And my new carbon tubulars felt awesome.

 Cat. 4 race report.

Pretty straight forward. Jim goes from the gun and strings things out a bit. In the first couple of laps I went with a few break attempts, but I'm bridging up to guys who don't really have the goods to make them stick. 

lap two or three things get a little sketchy around the 90degree turn 1k from the finish and I almost get taken out. I get frustrated and angrily motor across the gap that was formed due to the sketchy turn.... I make it up to that group and ride through them. Next thing I know I'm In a four man break. The break consists of myself, my buddy from Rutgers Paul, Eli from Cosmic, and some Liberty Cycles guy. Honestly the Liberty guy did diddly squat, but he was was the most valuable person in the break on account of his having eight or so guys back in the field. Paul was strong enough and Eli has a big Diesel engine. I did my fair share, and kept finding myself pulling on a particular windy section. The break moves with a good rhythm and tempo and we end up building a sizable gap. By the end of the race we have the field in site. Eli keeps shouting "... Lets lap the field guys come on!". In my head I'm thinking "...no, bad idea, there is one lap left and my odds of beating 3 guys in a sprint are a lot better than trying to duke it out in a field sprint". To avoid making the capture I stop pulling and start setting myself up for the sprint. I figure liberty has nothing left, and I know my buddy Paul doesn't real have too much of a kick. Only guy I'm sweating is the cosmic dude Eli. We come into the last stretch and I'm sitting forth wheel behind Eli. Paul launches the sprint from around 500 meters out. I let Eli move me up and I come around him in the last 100 meters for the win. 

 Thanks to Jim and Phillip for blocking, i felt super confident knowing you guys were back there holding things down. Jim told me after the race that the field pretty much sat up once we got away aside from a couple of bridge attempts. 

 Overall I'd say it was one of my best days of racing to date. 

Congrats to Craig and Eric. I had to leave half way through the cat 3 race, but as I was leaving I saw what I am assuming was the move that landed Craig his podium spot. From what I saw every one was looking strong.