Ride over to Robert's house to meet up with him, and then Gideon joined as we stopped by his house. Some drops were falling but not enough for me to turn back. Up to the 4S Target through the 4S Ranch neighborhood. On this ride at the start were: Gideon, Robert, Audrey, Perse, Gio (new, rode with us last week), Cheng (ditto), Arnold, Mohammad, Kamal, Eric, and Fritz. We rode down to the 56 bike path, with several riders really pushing it on the little hill before San Dieguito Rd. This time, I didn't follow. We all caught up, and Jed and I were leading the pace for the rest of the way to the turn. Our group ended up waiting for the others, who stopped to help Andy and Gideon fix flats. At this point, Perse turned around and started heading back. Then for the rest of us it was down to El Camino Real, again with riders getting out ahead and my failed attempts to catch them. More success catching up to, and staying with, the lead riders on the little climb to Del Mar Heights, and my bike rode smoothly down into the flats toward San Dieguito Rd. A short break at the turn, then we started back, with three riders getting out ahead and pounding the pace so hard we couldn't form an orderly pace line. So Rob and I and a couple of others rode to try and catch up with them, Arnold pulled a big one and caught, then passed, them. We stopped for another break at the usual gas station, then headed over to El Apajo to climb up to Via de la Valle. Several riders were back, so I waited at the turn for them and then rode with them up to Paseo Delicias. We spread out on the next section, and on the Del Dios climb I caught and passed the others in front of me, all except Jed, who was in really great form. Regroup at the top before heading over to Via Rancho Pkwy (another regroup) and a moderate pace up this little climb before descending toward the freeway. Thankfully, we kept on riding, taking the pedestrian bridge route across Lake Hodges. Onto W Bernardo Dr, where the lead thinned out until it was me and Jed, and he was pushing the pace pretty hard. I kept up with him, but we separated from the rest of the riders. We rode together all the way back to the starting point, putting some serious time separation between ourselves and the others. Had a beer from Arnold's cooler at the end, it tasted pretty good, then Robert and I rode back home, with me taking the RB Rd route down to W Bernardo Dr. I kept thinking on this ride that I was going to suffer the effects of riding hard, but my legs generally held out. Wasn't able to go as fast as I would have liked on the last climb up RB Rd, but all in all it was a decent effort.
Avg speed = 17.2 mph. Total mileage = 49.5 mi
Avg power = 162 W Avg weighted power = 189 W
Total elevation gain = 2940'
Avg heartrate = 136 bpm
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