Solo ride initially over to John's house, following the normal route. I pushed the pace on the little climb over the freeway and generally kept up a good pace throughout, including keeping it over 10 mph on the last climb up to his neighborhood. We met up and headed up to Scripps-Poway Pkwy, turning right and taking up and then down to Mercy Rd. Over to Black Mountain Rd, turning left and riding up to Mira Mesa Blvd. We turned right and stayed on the 4th of July ride route down into Sorrento Valley and over to El Camino Real. I also put in a decent effort riding up this stretch. Down to San Dieguito Rd, which we took to Camino del Sur. I was also able to keep it above 10 mph on the Three Witches climb, but the last stretch was definitely a challenge to keep my pace up. Turned right and headed to the 56 bike trail, with a brief stop at a gas station to wash some blood off my leg. Bike trail back to Rancho Penasquitos Blvd, again keeping it above 10 mph on the little climb before Black Mountain Rd. Over to Poway Rd and right on Springhurst Dr to get back to his house. I was much slowed on this climb the second time, feeling a little tightness in my right hamstring. Stopped for a soda at his house, but it was getting hot, so I kept riding. Back the normal way, except for the little jog on Oak Knoll Rd to get to Pomerado Rd. Took the route on RB Rd to W Bernardo Dr back home, battled some swirling winds that made it a little more difficult at times to keep up a good pace. Even still, this was my best sustained ride in a long time, good average speed over a long distance.
Avg speed = 17.3 mph. Total mileage = 54.8 mi
Total elevation gain = 3480'
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