Started off riding from home over to John's place, following the normal route to Pomerado Rd, then over to to Poway Rd and up Springhurst Dr. I kept a good pace up this last little climb. Met up with John and Dave at John's house, then we headed up to the top of Pomerado Rd and down to Kearny Villa Rd. We traded leading out on this section and kept a fast pace to Clairemont Mesa Rd, which we took over to Murphy Canyon Rd. There is a long downhill here, and John and Dave got out ahead of me so that I had to push hard to get back together with them. This road ends in a bike trail that took us into the Qualcomm Stadium parking lot, and we looped around to get to the parking lot entrance off Friars Rd. We took this west to Mission Center Rd, which starts as a gradual climb that gets pretty nasty at the end. We took a left on Murray Ridge Rd and rode it up to Sandrock Rd, took a left here and then another left onto Aero Dr, which allowed us to connect to Kearny Villa Rd just east of the 163. This stretch went fairly quickly, since we had a little wind working in our favor. The pace was slower to keep contact with Dave. On the stretch by Miramar MCAS, I got out a little ahead on a couple of places, but we all finished together. There was some separation on the ride back to the top of Pomerado Rd. John and I rode together until a little section after a light where he couldn't keep up. I finished the little climb okay. We took Pomerado Rd down to Poway Rd, then back up Springhurst Dr. The second time was alright too, I was a little slower but still rode pretty well. Back to John's house, then I headed home following the normal route and again benefiting from a little help from a tailwind on the way up to the hospital. I took RB Rd over to W Bernardo Dr, then followed the usual way home. I felt pretty good on this ride, not generally working all out, with the exception of a couple places on climbing sections. My legs were a little tired from the previous day's exercise bike workout, but they held up generally well.
Avg speed = 17.4 mph. Total mileage = 55.0 mi
Avg heartrate = 135 bpm
Total elevation gain = 2840'
