Solo ride from home down by the park and up Pomerado all the way to the top. I tried to keep it above 10 mph on the last climb but just couldn't keep it up. My heartrate was in the upper 170s after a little over half a mile, and I had to slow down. Picked the pace up a little bit near the top, then rode down to Kearny Villa Rd.. Took it over to Clairemont Mesa Blvd, where I seemed to hit a bunch of lights. The road quality is good here, and it's fairly flat. Over to Genesee Rd, where I turned right and rode to University City, taking a couple of small uphills in stride. Left on La Jolla Village Dr, taking it over and up to Torrey Pines Rd by UCSD. Stayed on this road until just before the downhill to the coast, where I stopped for a break and had a banana and a rest. Then it was downhill and back up into Del Mar, going through and over to Via de la Valle using Jimmy Durante Blvd. I had a little bit of a tailwind from the coast and made good time heading inland, including a stretch of a little over a mile when I chased some guy down and rode hard with him on my wheel. Turned on Calzada del Bosque and over to El Apajo, then to San Dieguito Rd. I had a decent ride on the climb here, finishing fairly strong on the last portion. Then it was home via Camino del Sur to RB Rd and down to W Bernardo Dr, normal route from there. I was just below 18 mph, so I pushed hard on the last mile and a half. Legs are feeling good, I was a little surprised at times during this ride that my cardio seemed to be working so hard, but it turned out to be a fairly challenging 50 mi for elevation.
Avg speed = 18.0 mph. Total mileage = 53.4 mi
Avg heartrate = 143 bpm
Total elevation gain = 3120'
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