Time trial route, starting from home. All four of us rode, and we started early to make sure we were back to Dave's house by 8:00. This incentive also caused us to ride pretty fast, although the start was a little slow. I rode with the others until the little climb by the bend in Espola Rd, then hit the gas and rode ahead. I waited for them at the stoplight, the rode with Jim to bring everybody together again. On the climb up to Poway Rd, I was riding hard but couldn't keep up the pace all the way to the turn there. Still need to get my cardio fully back. We all rode together on Poway Rd until just before the turn. On Sabre Springs Pkwy, I pulled away on the first little uphill but didn't have the push in my legs to keep increasing the separation from the others. I had a decent section on Ted Williams Pkwy but caught the light at the turn on to Pomerado Rd. John and I made a pretty good run by the hospital, and he told me he was on pace to break his PR. So I led out on the downhill, pushing the pace strongly and letting him draft until I dropped away. After he got ahead, I tracked him down just after the turn onto Rios Rd. I finished in 53:30, the fastest time for me in a long time.
Total mileage = 23.1 mi
Avg heartrate = 154 bpm
Total elevation gain = 820'
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