Ride after church with Andy Sweet. He had been training for an upcoming marathon but hadn't ridden much recently. Wow! The weather looked a little sketchy and was cooler than I expected at the start. We headed over Juniper St to 2nd St and over to Grand Ave, taking it up to BVP. This part of the ride was at a moderate pace, talking to catch up a little on what's been going on. We picked up the pace a little bit, but still not burning it, heading out BVP to Valley Pkwy and over to Lake Wohlford Rd. This is where it got challenging. I put just about everything into my ride up this grade, and Andy was basically able to hang on, although he was really huffing and puffing. Somewhere during this climb, my heartrate monitor started to register, and it was showing around 170 bpm for most of this climb. We dialed it back a little bit after this climb, and it was cooling down and getting wet on the roads. Headed over to Woods Valley Rd and smoked this downhill, trading drafts on a damp road. We went back into Escondido via Valley Center Rd, and this was a fast, kinda wet downhill, with a very brief period of being pelted by hail near the bottom. It was raining a little bit at the bottom, and the road was really wet. We stayed on this road until it turned into Valley Pkwy, at which time the wetness disappeared and the sun was out. It was blessedly warmer, although not really warm. I was worried about getting caught in serious rain showers, so we headed back, hitting most of the lights on Valley Pkwy until we turned on Ash St and connected to Grand Ave. Back from here at a modest pace, going to Kalmia and crossing over to the church. It was a light workout for me except for the time of maximum effort going up the Wohlford grade and the section leading up to and on Woods Valley Rd.
Avg speed = 16.5 mph. Total mileage = 22.5 mi
Avg heartrate = 13? bpm (not including the section to get to the top of the Wohlford climb)
Total elevation gain = 1160'
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