April 5, 2005 - Huseby 2nd and White Interview

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Huseby 2nd in Marblehead, MA, April 3rd

Once again, the New England season has started and the opening race - the Michael Schott Memorial Circuit Race has come and gone. The weather was overcast as usual and was threatening to rain. The field was hovering around 100 as the promoter tends to let a few late comers in even after registration has officially closed. We had three of us signed up, but father Mills had been stricken with an illness and was forced to abandon before the race started.

The race started pretty slowly and the sky was starting to show some glimpses of sunlight. It was 17 laps and a few in, I bridged across to a small group of 6 and we soon had a minute on the field. I thought to myself perfect - we were 7 guys and a good group - some strong legs that could stay away if we were organized. Organized we were not, as several kept making moves to break away without success - what a surprise. We stayed clear until the final lap when we were caught by the field - not a big problem as I was not gassed from being in the move. I had been very conservative and still felt good.

Mike Cody was right there and my plan was to stay at the front and give him a lead out as I knew at this point it would be a showdown between us and Nerac sprinter - Adam Hodges Myerson. Going up the final climb - Cody, Myerson and I were all near the front and I led it out quickly separating the three of us from the swarm behind. Cody was there, but having a difficult time coming through as Myerson was taking him across the road. I continued to lead it out and Myerson regained some gas and pulled by me with Cody hot on his heals. I ended up second and Cody ended up getting passed by a guy from Trek/VW and taking 4th. It was a good first race of the year and not bad for two of us. We look forward to racing with a full team in the coming weeks!