11-9-2013 Ride

Solo ride from home.  I had gotten home late from Corvallis early Saturday morning, so I started at 7:45.  I had to fix a flat (slow leak) on my rear tire before beginning.  Headed out to Escondido on BVP, taking it all the way to Citrus Ave.  Throughout the ride, I took a steady pace but never really pushed it.  Over to El Norte Pkwy, which I took down to Ash St, deciding to take this road over to Rincon Ave.  By this time, it was beginning to warm up.  Down to Centre City Pkwy, then up to Deer Springs Rd, again taking it steady.  Down to Buena Creek Rd, where I turned right and took this nice route.  I stopped by the octagonal building to switch gloves and have a small energy bar.  The downhill was nice here, although my cyclometer quit registering a couple of times until I tightened up the magnet on the front spoke.  Over to Santa Fe Ave, riding until turning onto Las Posas Rd.  Again, keeping the pace steady but not overly fast.  Took San Marcos Blvd over to Discovery St, getting over to Craven Rd and riding by the university.  Normal route from here back to Mission Rd, and into Escondido with an eventual turn onto Centre City Pkwy.  Other than hitting a fair amount of lights here, I made decent time, legs felt just fine.  Home the normal way, with enough juice to motor up the last two little climbs.

Avg speed = 17.4 mph. Total mileage = 41.7 mi
Avg heartrate = 138 bpm
Total elevation gain = 1310'

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