Solo ride initially over to Dave's house, riding over the freeway and onto BVP to Beethoven Dr, then up to the bike trail through the west side of Kit Carson Park. Part of this trail is pretty rough for road bikes, but I made it through okay. Over to the road that connects into Escondido Blvd, then up to Citracado Pkwy and onto Centre City Pkwy to get to Brotherton Rd. On this way over, my front shifter broke and I couldn't shift up into my big chainring. When I got to Dave's house, I tried to fix it, but it turned out to be really broken, so I ended up having to do this ride completely in my lower chainring, which was an unpleasant, slow experience. I met up with Dave, John, and Jim, and we headed over to Escondido Blvd, riding to Felicita Ave and then onto Juniper St. Over to Idaho Ave, taking it to BVP, which we stayed on until Valley Pkwy. Over to El Norte Pkwy, taking it down to Broadway. On this ride, I did a lot of following the others, other than the sections where there was some upward incline. Out Broadway to Jesmond Dene Rd, taking it back to Centre City Pkwy and up to Deer Springs Rd. Down the hill and over to Buena Creek Rd, taking this route to get over to Santa Fe Ave and the Mission Rd. On Mission Rd near where Harbor Freight used to be (they recently moved), Jim got a flat after running over glass, so we stopped to help him fix it. Then it was back to Centre City Pkwy and home to Dave's house via Felicita Ave and Redwood St. I was pretty fed up with riding by this time, so I caught a ride home with Jim.
Avg speed = 15.0 mph. Total mileage = 38.1 mi
Avg heartrate = 128 bpm
Total elevation gain = 1920'
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