Solo ride from home to John's house following the normal route. It was just dawning, so I had both lights on. I hadn't ridden much recently, but I generally felt fine, just no real strength I could sustain. I made it up the last little hill above 10 mph and met up with John and Jim at John's house. We headed up to the top of Pomerado Rd and then down to connect to Kearny Villa Rd, taking it down to Ruffin Rd and then to Murphy Canyon Rd via Clairemont Mesa Blvd. All the way down into Mission Valley and Friar's Rd via a detour through the north end of the parking lot at Qualcomm Stadium. Then we rode over to Mission Center Rd and up into Serra Mesa. The last bit of this climb is fairly steep but not overly long. Left at the top onto Murray Ridge Rd, which we took over to Sandrock Rd and then left onto Aero Dr to get over to Kearny Villa Rd. Jim was starting to fall back by this time, but John was still going strong. We took this road back to the intersection point with our original route, and I got out in front a little bit on the section by MCAS Miramar. Same thing on the climb up to the top of Pomerado Rd, although John was riding pretty well. Back to his house, then I essentially retraced my route back home, seeing Kevin Miller on the way and changing course a little bit to say hello to him. Felt fine at the end of the ride, and we later hiked about 4 mi in Hellhole Canyon with the church group. I was surprised during the hike that my legs weren't bothering me, but maybe it's just different muscles being exercised.
Avg speed = 17.0 mph. Total mileage = 53.5 mi
Total elevation gain = 2710'
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