Ride from home over to Dave's house for the time trial loop with him, John, and Jim. The weather was good, and we started off at a good pace. Trading leads up to the turn on Espola Rd, although I was mostly following. I moved out at this point and pushed it pretty hard. Had to let off when the incline leveled off, and eventually Dave joined up with me. We traded leads to the high point on Espola, where we waited for the others. On the climb up to the Poway Rd intersection, Dave went ahead but I was able to hang on until the bend where it flattened out; I had some gas left in the tank and moved ahead to the waiting point at the light. Going down Poway Rd, we again traded leads, but I led out at the slight uphill section and nobody followed. Everybody caught up at the Pomerado Rd intersection, and we again rode at a fairly fast pace down to Sabre Springs Pkwy, Dave and me out in front. Up this road at a fast pace, dropping Dave. Up Ted Williams, Jim started ahead of me and kept a good pace for me to chase. We rode together down to the light, then everybody gathered up just past Twin Peaks Rd. John and Dave helped tremendously with their leads, but we hit a couple of lights that slowed us down. Eventually, I got frustrated and pulled out and away, trying to finish fast. Dave caught up near the turn onto Rios Rd. Pushed it hard all the way back to Dave's house, where I finished with a new PR of 52:24.
Total mileage = 23.1 mi
Total elevation gain = 820'
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