A notable ride on this, the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I rode through the neighborhood up to where Capilla Rd cuts into Matinal Rd, meeting up with Robert and his neighbor Gideon Abraham, who is affiliated with a San Diego cycling club, Bisikleta Club of San Diego. We rode up to RB Rd and then over to the Target in 4S Ranch, where we met up with other club members: Andy, Arnold, Jed, Charlie, and Kamal. Gideon tried to get everybody on board with maintaining some semblance of a pace line, but it didn't work so well. Headed out Camino del Sur, riding up to San Dieguito Rd. Gideon showed he is a climber on that little rise up before the turn. We rode down into the flats by Fairbanks Ranch, forming something of a pace line with four of us, at a pretty fast pace for me. At the turn right onto El Camino Real, Gideon tried to get everybody to slow down and maintain an 18-20 mph pace. It worked for a while, over to Via de la Valle and taking it to the Coast Hwy. Once there, the pace was faster but generally manageable for me. The group spread out some, not too bad, and we rode to the La Costa turnoff for a short break there, deciding to continue riding into Carlsbad. Stopped at the Starbucks there for a break, then headed back the way we came, stopping for a longer break at a 7-11 in Leucadia, where I had a candy bar and some Gatorade. The group was spreading out more now, with a couple of riders falling back. We slowed down a little bit, not a lot, and rode back to Via de la Valle. By this point, I was feeling it but my legs were holding up. Retraced our route back to the flats, where a group of us rode a pace line in a decent fashion until another stop before making the Three Witches climb. I was slower up the climb than in past efforts, but I still finished right at the front, along with Arnold, who came from nowhere on the last climb to catch me. Four of us split from the others on the gradual climb on Camino del Sur. I was feeling some twinges in the backs of my thighs, but they didn't come to anything. We split up at the Target parking lot, and we rode at a slower pace back into the neighborhood, first to Gideon's house on Capilla Rd and then me and Robert to his house on Palacios Ct. From there I rode down to Poblado Rd and then to W Bernardo Dr, home the normal way from there. This was my longest ride since coming back, and it was a pretty fast one too.
Avg speed = 17.2 mph. Total mileage = 60.2 mi
Avg heartrate = 138 bpm
Total elevation gain = 2280'
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