Ride, starting from Pat Ritz' house in Irvine. It has been a long time since we rode together. The route we took was quite circuitous, starting with a pass-by of UCI and heading toward the bay by Newport Beach, riding down to PCH. Once we got there we turned back inland and rode through some fancy neighborhoods of Newport Beach and Costa Mesa. Although the ride started with a slow pace, Pat kicked it up a notch when we headed out Bonita Canyon and got onto Newport Coast Dr. There is a long, steady grade that Pat took us on, and I couldn't keep up with him. It wasn't super steep, just unrelenting for about 2.5 mi. From there we rode back down to PCH and kept on that road past the bay, turning left and then riding through into Corona del Mar. Then we got back onto PCH heading south and rode into Laguna Beach, with a couple of little bumps in the road to make it interesting. Since we arrived a little early before the planned meeting time with Ann, he took us through some neighborhoods to get to Bluebird Canyon, which has a fairly steep 2 mi climb with switchbacks in it. Near the top, I was definitely ready to stop. We headed down another way then then rode back through the neighborhoods into downtown Laguna Beach to meet Ann for lunch. I accidentally turned Strava off at the top of the last climb, so I didn't record the final section of the ride there (captured it on FitBit). Although this ride doesn't look so tough as it maps out, it was a big workout for me, in part due to riding later in the morning and having to deal with high temperature and humidity, along with a couple of climbing pieces. Was good to be done, I was dehydrated at the end, even though I finished off two water bottles and a couple of Cokes at the restaurant.
Avg speed = 15.3 mph. Total mileage = 43.8 mi
Avg heartrate = 145 bpm
Total elevation gain = 2590'
https://www.strava.com/activities/3951351845
https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/33676867876
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