Everyone who knows us knows we are always late. Everywhere and almost everytime we travel. It's nothing to be proud of but somehow it's almost impossible for us to be on time. I read somewhere in an interview with Adam Craig who said that the hardest race is the one to the airport. I agree. We left home on Thursday (I already was running late to pick Mike up from work and Jamie saved me by picking up our dog- Mabel). We drove to NYC and stayed there with our good friends, Joe and Grace. Thank you Joe and Grace. Our flight was the fallowing day at 8am. As responsible atheletes we wanted to grab some breakfast which took forever in the local NYC bagel shop. Then we were stuck in traffic- NYC is never disapointing so insead of the 10min drive to the airport it took us about 50min. An exciting rush with two bike boxes from the car to check in. Then after we had to run back to the car and move it to the long term parking lot. Running from the parking to the air train, from the air train to security , from security to the gate...we made it 5min before flight departure! We were the last two to get on the plane.
We arrived in San Francisco on time finally and drove to Monterey, home of the biggest mountain bike race in the country -The Sea Otter Classic. We had a great trip driving there, taking Highway 1 and checking exciting places out. We went to see the giant Redwood trees in the Big Basin National Park. There is nothing more imppresive to me then our nature. You can go to visit cool cities and buildings but it's never as impressive as our worlds natural treasures . Our drive was thru beautiful european narrow style roads with some incredible views. I wish we had more time to spend there and ride some of these beautiful places. We both fell in love with the Santa Cruz area . Everyone there is riding their bikes or their surfboards. There are alot of young fit people who seem super friendly. We were ready to move there, dreaming about riding in the morning and hanging out on the beach later...hmmmm.
We pre-rode the course today and decided it is not the best course for us but good racers have to be fast everywhere:) There are some pics from the our trip.
Happy rides,
Aleksandra & Mike
We arrived in San Francisco on time finally and drove to Monterey, home of the biggest mountain bike race in the country -The Sea Otter Classic. We had a great trip driving there, taking Highway 1 and checking exciting places out. We went to see the giant Redwood trees in the Big Basin National Park. There is nothing more imppresive to me then our nature. You can go to visit cool cities and buildings but it's never as impressive as our worlds natural treasures . Our drive was thru beautiful european narrow style roads with some incredible views. I wish we had more time to spend there and ride some of these beautiful places. We both fell in love with the Santa Cruz area . Everyone there is riding their bikes or their surfboards. There are alot of young fit people who seem super friendly. We were ready to move there, dreaming about riding in the morning and hanging out on the beach later...hmmmm.
We pre-rode the course today and decided it is not the best course for us but good racers have to be fast everywhere:) There are some pics from the our trip.
Happy rides,
Aleksandra & Mike
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