Tour de Labor 2011, riding with John, who drove over to my house. Rather than drive somewhere and start the ride, we decided to ride up to Ramona for our challenge. The weather was overcast and humid, with lots of clouds. Headed over to Escondido, then up the 78. I could feel the effects of the previous two days' rides, so I didn't have much push throughout the ride. We had a tiny amount of isolated rain drops by Bandy Canyon. Took the normal loop around Ramona, riding at a fairly brisk pace on this section. Turned south onto the 67, then rode up to Archie Moore Rd. I started slow on this part but had a decent finish. At the turn, John had to stop to fix a slow leak on his rear tire. This road has just a little gradual uphill, then a pretty steady downhill of almost a mile before it connects into Highland Valley Rd. We climbed up to the top and had a fairly fast downhill ride; on the little flat and uphill sections, I had no drive in my legs. I wasn't very fast on the flats by the lake, so I concentrated on grinding it out. We turned left onto Pomerado Rd and rode up past RB Rd, turning at Higa Pl and riding through the neighborhood back to Bernardo Center Dr. Then we turned onto RB Rd and rode up to Matinal Rd. The last part of this little climb was tough for me, I had to grind it out. Back home the normal route. I felt fine in my legs at the end of the ride, they were just tired. My cardio was in good shape on this ride.
Avg speed = 16.6 mph. Total mileage = 47.1 mi
Avg heartrate = 143 bpm
Total elevation gain = 2150'
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