Started out with a solo ride, following the short loop from home up to the turn onto Bernardo Center Dr. There, I kept going on Camino del Norte to Dove Canyon Rd, then over to RB Rd. Over to Jim's house through the normal neighborhood route, where I met up with him, John, and Dave. We headed over the freeway to BVP and up to San Pasqual Valley Rd, where we moved over to Citrus Ave and took this road all the way to El Norte Pkwy. Here, John found he had a slow leak in his rear tire, so he changed it. We continued over to Broadway and then to Jesmond Dene Rd. I had a decent, not scorching pace on this road, and Dave hung with me until about halfway up the last little climb, when he fell back. We continued on up to Deer Springs Pkwy, then down and over to Buena Creek Rd. This is a really great downhill, wonder what it would be like going up. Over to Santa Fe Rd, which turns into Mission Rd. This was a fairly long section, where various people took leads out, then got caught by the others. Followed this road all the way to Centre City Pkwy, then back the normal route. I kept a pretty good pace across the freeway, so did Jim. Dave split from us here and headed home, while we rode up the little hill by the park. I was pretty slow, having more than 50 miles on my legs by then. I decided not to ride all the way up to Jim's and split off at my house. Felt good throughout, with just some tightening of my quads when I pushed toward the latter stages of the ride. Legs were really tired all through the day.
Avg. speed = 18.7 mph. Total mileage = 53.6 mi
Avg heartrate = 147 bpm
Total elevation gain = 1760'
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