Time trial ride, riding over from home and meeting up with Dave and John. We started fairly slowly, and I kept my early pace similar to John's trying to ride with him and keep his pace faster. Again, my cyclometer had dead batteries, so I kept time using my heartrate monitor. Early on, Dave wasn't riding too fast, so it was me and John out in front. We kept pretty much together on Espola Rd, with expected separation on the little climb up to Poway Rd. We all stayed together for most of the time on Poway Rd; there was a little section near Springhurst where I was in the lead and the others fell back, so I slowed it down after the turn onto Sabre Springs Pkwy for them to catch up. A little separation up to Ted Williams Pkwy, and a little more going up here. My legs were starting to feel the effects of the longer ride on the previous day by this time, so I was content to ride with the other two. We made decent time going up to the hospital and rode fast on the rest of the way, with John pulling out all of the stops on the last little section before the turn onto Rios Rd. He rode away and I couldn't match his pace to catch up to him. Finished in 56:06, an okay time for not having pushed the pace all the way through the ride.
Total mileage = 23.1 mi
Avg heartrate = 153 bpm
Total elevation gain = 820'
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