Ride with the Bisikleta team from Charlie Witherspoon's house in Rancho San Diego. We met a little after 7:00 and got going around 7:30. Headed down Puebla Dr to Avocado Blvd, turning right and then right again onto Fuerte Dr. First section was generally downhill, this road curves around a couple of times until it merges into E Chase Ave, which we took for a short stretch before turning left onto Jamacha Rd. Here it was fairly flat for a while. We turned right onto Granite Hills Dr, which also curved around before we turned left onto 4th St. A little jog on Broadway and then a right turn onto Main St, which we stayed on as it turned into Blossom Valley Rd, Then a right onto Flinn Springs Rd, with a short break for everybody to catch up and rest. By this time, there was a gentle grade heading up toward Alpine. This road connected into Old Hwy 80, which I've been on in previous rides with John and others. Used Dunbar Ln to get over to Alpine Blvd. From here, with the exception of one small downhill section, it was steady uphill into Alpine. Ray and I were out front for most of the climb, then some of the others caught up with us as we got into the town. We rode up to a shopping center by Victoria Dr, and I couldn't keep up at the very end with a small group that got out ahead. A longer break here before we turned around and headed back, this time taking Arnold Way until turning on Midway Dr. Nearly all of this part was downhill, some of it curving and on not so great roads. Eventually back onto Arnold Way until we turned left onto Harbison Canyon Rd. I hadn't been on this road for a long time, since one of the early Alpine Metric Century rides, and I remembered it to be steeper than it was. It was still fast and curving in sections. Turned into Dehesa Rd, which we stayed on until turning left onto Willow Glen Dr. I think it was this section where Charlie had us set up a pace line and make faster time. The pace line held for once through but broke up on the second time around. We had our final break in a little shopping center at the end of this road as it teed into Jamacha Rd. After the break, we got onto Fury Ln, and from there it was two climbs back to Charlie's house. Ray got out ahead and was out of the saddle. I hung with him for a little bit but couldn't match his pace, so I settled in and tried to keep him in sight, with general success. Right onto Avocado Blvd for the final climb up to the starting location. Felt good on this ride generally, not great. I was more competitive on the earlier climbs, but the climb into Alpine took more out of me than I thought. Still kept a decent pace throughout.
Avg speed = 16.0 mph. Total mileage = 39.6 mi
Avg heartrate = 121 bpm
Total elevation gain = 2850'
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