Arrived in Palo Alto

September is here once again and to finish off the season with a bang we are racing the San Francisco GP this weekend - the toughest one-day race in North America. Somehow for these events the team always seems to find great digs to stay in, and this weekend is no exception. Until Tuesday we are staying half-way up what is the quintessential Bay area climb: Old La Honda. From the 'guest house' that we're in there is a beautiful view out over Stanford below us.

The funny part is that training here in the spring each year, riding up Old La Honda, I would always look at the place that we're in and wonder what it would be like to live there; and now I'm living it. The guest house is a converted stables, first build in 1920 and converted in the '40s. Up here you would never guess that just below is one of the bigger cities in the US; in the silence you can hear the rustling of the trees and smell the dampness of the woods. Sitting having breakfast I'm watching the cyclists climbing Old La Honda and wondering what it's like to live up here.

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Here's one of our photo feeds from the GP SF trip...



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