Solo ride from home. Nobody else was riding. Jim and Dave were recuperating from their injuries on the previous weekend, and John and David were out as well. I had had a colonoscopy the previous Thursday, but I was feeling pretty good. I started out going through the neighborhood toward 4S Ranch, but I wasn't able to switch down to my lower set of gears. I stopped on Matinal Rd just past Poblado to try and fix it, but the cable was stuck in the guide running under the bottom bracket. So I rode home and got it unstuck. I also saw some kind of funny thing going on with the frame down by the bottom bracket, don't know what it is. I headed on a revised course, originally intending to do just a short ride. Headed down by the park and up Pomerado Rd. I was feeling okay by this time, so I just kept a moderate pace and rode up to Ted Williams Pkwy. Turned here and made my way to the 56 bike trail, which I took down to Carmel Country Rd. On the latter section of this part, I was keeping a pretty fast pace, as there were a couple of other riders going fairly fast and I kept with them. I got onto Carmel Canyon Rd and started the little climb up to Del Mar Heights Rd. Here, my right knee started bothering me, with kind of a lingering ache when I pushed on my downstroke. I rested at the turn and had half of an energy bar. I dialed back the pace a bit and concentrated on more output from my left leg (it caused some fairly significant soreness in my left quad for a couple of days) for the rest of the ride. I headed back to Camino del Sur, turning left and taking this all the way back to RB Rd. Although I was a little slower, my right knee held up okay. Over RB Rd to W Bernardo Dr and back home the normal way. I felt fine from the cardio standpoint at the end, but it was a pretty easy route overall.
Avg. speed = 16.7 mph. Total mileage = 35.0
Total elevation gain =1210'
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