05-30-2022 Ride

Solo ride on Memorial Day, only had a general idea about where I was going to ride at the start.  Headed through the neighborhood and decided to head south, so I took RB Rd over to Dove Canyon Rd and then to Carmel Valley Rd.  On the climbs, I kept it steady but didn't push really hard.  Left on Black Mountain Rd, taking it all the way to Kearny Villa Rd, making decent time on the gradual climb up to Mira Mesa Blvd.  Stayed on Kearny Villa Rd all the way to Aero Dr, just a little less than 20 mi.  Back the same way, feeling a headwind at the start, but overall the wind wasn't much of a factor.  All the way back to Pomerado Rd, which I took for the first time in a while.  Not too bad, was able to keep it above 10 mph all the way to the top, with an effort.  Stayed on Pomerado Rd back to RB Rd, where I turned and went home via W Bernardo Dr.  It was overcast at the start but cloudless and warming up near the end.  Finished just in time.  Legs felt fine, but I could tell there wasn't much left without suffering.

Avg speed = 17.0 mph. Total mileage = 40.3 mi

Total elevation gain = 2170'

Avg heartrate = 127 bpm

https://www.strava.com/activities/7227892163

https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/48425354664

05-28-2022 Ride

Reset cyclometer, odometer reading was 3820 mi.

Solo ride over to the 4S Target, taking the route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood.  I met up with the Bisikleta riders for the first time in over a month, due to my eye surgery.  Ray and Cam had, the previous day, ridden up Mt. Haleakala, which is a supreme achievement in my book.  Our ride wasn't so strenuous.  On this ride were: Perse, Arnold, Andy, James, Charlie, Eric, Audrey, Kamal, Jamil, and Mohammed.  We headed out Camino del Sur and before the turn Eric had a flat, splitting the group for about 15 minutes while we at the front waited for the others to catch up.  Not so long after the turn onto San Dieguito Rd, both Eric and Mohammed had flats.  I tried to catch up to the ones at the front to tell them, but they were already heading downhill.  So I turned around and rode back to connect with the main group.  Mohammed fixed his flat but it didn't hold, so he ended up turning around.  The rest of us rode down into Fairbanks Ranch and turned right onto El Apajo and took Via de Santa Fe over to Via de la Valle.  On this ride, I was mostly hanging with the main part of the group, riding in the middle.  On the little climb up to Paseo Delicias, I matched my speed with Audrey, who was also riding after some time off from the group.  We turned right and rode up to Montevideo, turning left and then taking Lago Lindo to El Camino del Norte.  Rode down to Rancho Santa Fe Rd, where the group turned right and I started heading back (I thought) by turning left.  Rancho Santa Fe Rd turns into Manchester Ave, and I followed it until coming to a tee, where a left turn kept me on Manchester Ave.  I stopped to check my map and plot a way home.  Ended up taking this road until it turned into San Elijo Ave, which got me to Chesterfield Dr and then to the 101, just a little further north (around the level of Cardiff State Beach) than I thought I would be.  From here, it was a familiar route back home, staying on the 101 through Del Mar and turning on Carmel Valley Rd to get over to El Camino Real and then the 56 bike path.  Up to the other Carmel Valley Rd, deciding to turn left here and shorten the route a little bit.  Then it was up to Camino del Sur, turning left and following this road back to RB Rd.  By this time, I was getting tired but the leg muscles were holding up.  I turned on Via del Campo to head over to work and get some cash before riding home from work the normal way.  It felt good to go out on a long ride.  Fitness isn't great, as my average riding speed is down, but cardio didn't fail me.

Avg speed = 16.7 mph. Total mileage = 48.8 mi

Total elevation gain = 2600'

Avg heartrate = 120 bpm

https://www.strava.com/activities/7217756774

https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/48338200690

05-26-2022 Ride

Ride after work with Blair and his girlfriend Liz.  She's a really nice person, easygoing and fit.  We started out heading over to Via del Campo, but I had to stop and start my ride tracking, so I got behind.  I saw them ahead of me once I was riding but missed how they cut through the parking lot, so I ended up getting ahead of them.  We reconnected at the turn onto RB Rd from Via del Campo, then rode to Alva Rd and turned right to ride through the 4S Ranch neighborhood.  We then followed Paseo del Sur through the Del Sur neighborhood before getting onto Camino del Sur.  After the downhill, I pushed the pace on the little uphill to San Dieguito Rd, and Liz was right there.  We stayed on Camino del Sur until the 56 bike path, where we turned and headed west.  On this stretch, all three of us kept together, I was out in the lead and the others were in the draft.  Down to Carmel Valley Rd, where we turned and started heading back, benefiting from a tailwind on the return.  On the little climb just before Camino del Sur, Liz pulled out and grabbed the lead.  I sat on her wheel until 3/4 of the way up, then pushed ahead and coasted to the stoplight.  We rode at about the same pace on the next climb, and she descended well with me down to the turn onto Dove Canyon Rd.  At this point, I think she was fading just a little bit, because I put a little distance between us on that little climb.  Over to Camino del Norte, turning right and slowing down a little bit at some point, when Blair developed a minor cramp.  Liz wasn't into slowing down too much, so we rode over to Bernardo Center Dr, turning left to get back to the starting point.  There were points in this ride where I was near my max effort, it felt good but also signaled that I've lost some of my stamina.  More riding needed to get it back.

Avg speed = 16.9 mph. Total mileage = 23.6 mi

Total elevation gain = 1400'

Avg heartrate = 136 bpm

https://www.strava.com/activities/7208787030

https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/48335981718

05-15-2022 Ride

First actual bike ride in a couple of weeks.  I went solo.  Through the neighborhood to Poblado Rd and then over to RB Rd.  From there, I got onto the normal time trial route and stayed on it until Poway Rd, where I kept going straight.  Turned right on Old Pomerado Rd, this road is a real trip back in time, seems out of place.  Took it to its end, then turned around and headed back to Pomerado Rd.  Up to Scripps-Poway Pkwy, taking it over to Springbrook Dr and then down to Sabre Springs Pkwy.  Got back onto the time trial route until Carmel Mountain Rd, where I took a small shortcut by turning right.  Finished the route back on the time trial loop.  Felt good to be out there, I pushed the pace a little more than previously.  It will take time to get back in road cycling shape.

Avg speed = 16.1 mph. Total mileage = 21.6 mi

Total elevation gain = 1390'

Avg heartrate = 113 bpm

https://www.strava.com/activities/7147382175

https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/48049009384

05-14-2022 Virtual Ride

Lifecycle ride at work, level 6, higher output than the previous day, also felt like more of a workout.

05-13-2022 Virtual Ride

Lifecycle ride at work in the morning before work, level 6, not as high an output as previous times.

05-09-2022 Virtual Ride

Lifecycle at work, at level 7 for most of it, started at 6 and ended at 8.  In the afternoon, and I had some difficulty getting away, so I cut the ride short to 45 min.  Couldn't get a photo of the output at the end, but I think it was about 14.4 mi.

05-06-2022 Virtual Ride

Lifecycle ride at work in the morning.  Pushed a harder pace than last week.  It was two days after my second eye surgery, this time on my left eye.  21.78 mi

05/01/2022 Ride

Time trial route with John, from my house, and Jim, from his.  We got a slow star, had to turn back for Jim to fix his rear tire, as the bead had popped out of the rim.  On the turn at Duenda Rd, Jim slowed down because a car was backing out, and I couldn't clip out fast enough and had a slow fall-over crash.  No harm done.  The rest of the ride was uneventful and slow, I didn't want to push the pace at all, paying a lot of attention to road conditions so as not to crash.  Finished in about 1:08, but it was a great day for riding, temperature just right for me.

Avg speed = 15 mph. Total mileage = 18.0 mi

Total elevation gain = 1000'

Avg heartrate = 117 bpm

https://www.strava.com/activities/7072043599

https://www.fitbit.com/activities/exercise/47714260109