Solo ride from home to Joe's house. It was pretty cold on the first section, rode on the freeway to BVP and then behind the mall. It started to warm up a bit then, taking El Ku Ave up to get onto Centre City Pkwy. By then, my fingers were thawing out but my toes were still cold. Up to Country Club Ln, taking a right and then another one to get to Roundtree Glen and Joe's place. He was still getting ready, so we headed out a few minutes later, back to Country Club Ln and taking it west to El Norte Pkwy and then Borden Rd. We skirted by some road work and continued on, taking that little climb up behind the college and then down to Las Posas Rd. Over to San Marcos Blvd, heading west again to get to Palomar Airport Rd. We rode down to Loker Ave and stopped there for a coffee and conversation at a Starbucks. Took quite a while to get the coffees, maybe I shouldn't be patronizing this chain. After the break, we headed down to El Camino Real, turning left and heading down to Alga Rd, which I had never ridden. It had a short downhill and then a 1.7 mi climb, with the first section being 6-10% grade. Not terrible but a workout. Then it was down to Melrose Dr for a short section to get to Rancho Santa Fe Rd, which also had a climbing section of about the same distance but with less overall grade. Those were the two significant tough sections of the ride. After that, we rode over to Mission Rd and took it all the way back into Escondido, turning left onto Broadway and heading back to Joe's house. Got back a little later than planned but it was alright. I then took Iris Ln to get back to Centre City Pkwy and from there followed the normal way home, benefiting from a slight tailwind at times but not having a lot to push with on the last two little climbs before getting home. Legs felt fine, but I could have fueled more on this ride.
Avg speed = 15.6 mph. Total mileage = 51.3 mi
Avg power = 139 W. Weighted avg power = 166 W
Total elevation gain = 2320'
Avg heartrate = 116 bpm
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