Ride from home to church following the yoga route up BVP. It had been raining on Saturday, so this was my longer weekend ride. I didn't push the pace too hard. Met up with Joe at church. He hadn't been riding much, but he turned out to be in pretty good shape, as long as we stayed away from climbs. We headed out Broadway. I was supposed to turn on Mission Rd but missed it, so we went to Lincoln and took this to Escondido Blvd, then back to Mission Rd. We took this to Barham Dr, and the bike lane on the eastbound side is pretty chewed up. Over to Twin Oaks Valley Pkwy, where we were intending to climb up and over into San Elijo Hills. Joe determined pretty quickly that his legs weren't ready for this extended climb, so we took a U-turn at S Village Dr and headed out toward Deer Springs Pkwy. It was pretty breezy this day, and this part of the ride afforded us a decent tailwind, so we made good time. On the little climb up to I-15, I pushed the pace pretty hard. We headed back into Escondido via Centre City Pkwy, riding into something of a headwind, not too bad. When we got back into town, we were passing through the Mission Rd intersection, and a lady in a car turned right in front of me. Joe said something that made me look up and see what was happening. I jammed on the brakes and barely missed hitting her, less than a foot. That woke me up. We headed back to church, then I rode home via the normal route. Felt pretty good near the end, with a good push up the last two little hills.
Avg speed = 17.0 mph. Total mileage = 38.4 mi
Avg heartrate = 147 bpm
Total elevation gain = 1120'
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