Ride with Jim, meeting him at his house, for a little exercise to work off some of the Thanksgiving Day eating extravaganza. We headed over Duenda Rd to W Bernardo Dr, then took it down by the park and onto Pomerado Rd. Jim hadn't been riding a lot recently, so we took the pace fairly slowly. Headed up to RB Rd, turning left and getting onto the old time trial route. We followed this route all the way back to Pomerado Rd. I was able to keep my speed above 10 mph on the little climb up to Poway Rd, but it took a pretty good effort. My cardio held out just fine, again just needing more miles on my legs to get them back into good shape. After that point, I rode at a modest pace and stayed basically with Jim, just getting ahead of him a little bit on the climbing sections. The day started out a little brisk (45 degF at the beginning) but warmed up soon enough and turned into really good riding weather.
Avg speed = 16.0 mph. Total mileage = 25.8 mi
Avg heartrate = 120 bpm
Total elevation gain = 1610'
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