Saturday, February 14, 2015

02-14-2015 Ride

Solo ride, initially, taking the pedestrian bridge over Lake Hodges and heading up BVP to Sunset Dr, then to Juniper St.  It was a little cool but warmed up fairly quickly.  Over to Washington Ave to get to Broadway, then I took it out to Village Rd to meet up with Joe at his house.  We took off and headed west on Country Club Ln, going over to Borden Rd and riding out to Las Posas Rd.  We turned on Mission Rd and jogged over to Rancho Santa Fe Rd to ride to San Marcos Blvd and then Palomar Airport Rd.  All the way down to the coast, where we headed south.  The wind was a nice tailwind on the way out, and it helped us a little on the coast as well.  We turned inland at Leucadia Blvd, taking it to Olivenhain Rd.  There is a short, somewhat steep climb up and over a hill before it drops down to El Camino Real, and I was able to keep my speed above 10 mph here, as well as for all of the other climbs in the route until the very end.  On to Rancho Santa Fe Rd to get to San Elijo Rd, where we rode up to connect to Elfin Forest Rd.  The wind was generally neutral here or working in our favor, as it must have shifted or died down.  Back Harmony Grove Rd into Escondido, turning right on Hale Ave and getting over to Avenida del Diablo, which connects to Valley Pkwy.  We took it down to Via Rancho Pkwy, staying on this road as it turned into BVP, retracing my route from earlier, with the exception of using Valley Pkwy to get from Juniper to Broadway.  I didn't follow Joe back to his house, turning instead on Iris Ln and riding back to Centre City Pkwy.  Normal route home, and I felt pretty good, just no push left in my legs for the last little climbs up by the park and by home.  Fairly fast recovery, no cramping and more tiredness than soreness in my legs.

I had pretty severe kidney pain the following day, due perhaps to dehydration or passing kidney stones.  My right kidney was still sore on Monday, so no riding on President's Day.

Avg speed = 16.4 mph. Total mileage = 70.5 mi
Avg heartrate = 144 bpm
Total elevation gain = 3880'
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