Solo ride over to John's house, taking the normal route. It was overcast and fairly mild on this stretch of the ride. I really pushed it hard on pace on the little hill up to his place, probably the highest output I've ever had (not sure if it was the fastest) on this climb. At his house, I met up with him and Dave, and we headed over to Scripps-Poway Pkwy, then down to Black Mountain Rd. It's a gradual climb from there up to Mira Mesa Blvd. then we headed over to Miramar Rd. Stayed on Kearny Villa Rd until we turned at Clairemont Mesa Blvd, where they are building a new Kaiser Permanente Hospital. Then it was a right onto Murphy Canyon Rd and downhill, for the most part, until we got to the bike trail that leads into the Qualcomm Stadium parking lot. We rode around the perimeter of the lot, seeing a number of rally cars racing on courses laid out in the parking lot, as well as a sign for parking for the Wiener Dog Races. We exited onto Friars Rd, heading east. Dave was starting to slow down by this time, and it was definitely warming up. With the high humidity, I was sweating quite a bit. We rode down to just past the 163, then turned right onto Ulric St. There is a gradual climb here, a little over a mile, that has a pretty steady 4-5% grade. I couldn't maintain a 10 mph pace on it. We all gathered together back at the top, then turned right onto Linda Vista Rd, which we took all the way to Aero Dr. A short jog over to Kearny Villa Rd, which we took back to Pomerado Rd and the normal way back to John's house. I had a decent ride to the top of the hill on Pomerado, keeping my pace even with John's until it started to get steeper near the end. I had some cold watermelon and a soda at his place before heading home. It was breezy and warm on the last stretch, so I wasn't able to push the pace. I took the Sabre Springs route, following the time trial route to get home. I felt fine at the end, was probably a little dehydrated, but my legs weren't really sore or tired. I was tired, but a quick nap helped out there.
Avg speed = 17.2 mph. Total mileage = 56.6 mi
Total elevation gain = 3140'
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