Solo ride, on a windy day, heading over to BVP via the pedestrian bridge. Up to Sunset Dr and then to Juniper St, working fairly hard to make way into the wind. Up to Washington St, taking a left there and riding down to Quince St. Back south to 13th St and then onto Centre City Pkwy to get to Felicita Rd. Took it over to Citracado Pkwy, then back to Dave's house via Alexander Dr. He and I then headed up Brotherton Rd to Miller Ave and then took Citracado Pkwy back to Felicita Rd, this time heading south to connect to Via Rancho Pkwy. The climb up was a challenge, as usual. I waited at the top for Dave and took the sleeves off of my jacket. He passed me while I wasn't looking, so I ended up heading back downhill quite a ways to see where he'd gone. I rode back uphill and saw him coming back to meet me. We connected again and headed down to Del Dios Hwy, taking it all the way to El Camino del Norte. Right there, and then through Rancho Santa Fe neighborhoods to Rancho Santa Fe Rd. We got onto this road and stayed with it up the climb toward San Elijo Hills. In this section, the wind was in our faces, so it was a pretty slow go up this moderate climb. We got onto San Elijo Rd and took it all the way to the top, a very slow ride indeed for me, first gear most of the way. On the way down to connect with Twin Oaks Valley Pkwy, my bike was wobbling, perhaps due to having to ride into a stiff headwind. I stopped to check everything out, but it looked okay. Back down to Barham Dr, taking it to Mission Rd and then right on Auto Park Way. By this time, we were both pretty tired, Dave more so, so the pace was slow. Up the last steep section of Auto Park Way west of the freeway, until it connected with 11th Ave and Bernardo Ave. This road connects, after a short, steep little climb, to Gamble Ln, and from there it was the normal way back to Dave's house for a smoothie and a rest. I rode home the normal way, feeling fine in my legs on the last two climbs. No soreness, just really tired muscles at the end of this ride.
Avg speed = 15.0 mph. Total mileage = 50.7 mi
Total elevation gain = 3560'
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