Well, no easy ride for Bisikleta on the Saturday after the Palm Springs Century. Zac originally suggested Double Peak, but it was, thankfully, voted down. Instead, we rode to Mt Soledad and back. It was 38 deg at the house when I left, but by the time I got to the 4S Target it was 46 deg. I rode over to the starting point through the neighborhood and then through the 4S Ranch neighborhood, continuing up Alva Rd and by the turnoff to the water tower before heading down like I've done before. On this ride, there were a reduced number of souls: Ray, Robert, Kamal, Jamil, Jed, Zac, Charlie, and Nel. We headed down Camino del Sur to the 56 bike path, and after the Carmel Valley Rd light Jed and Ray took off and I didn't answer. I thought it was going to be one of those days. We took the 56 bike path down to El Camino Real, turning left there and heading up to Carmel Mountain Rd, turning right and then left onto Vista Sorrento Pkwy. I was able to catch up with Rob and Ray at the front and stay with them. Down to Sorrento Valley Blvd, turning right and then getting onto the bike path running parallel to I-5. Jed and I rode to the top together on the first segment, then Rob and I trailed on the second segment after he had to put his chain back on. Right onto Gilman Dr, taking it through UCSD campus and down to the Rose Canyon Bike Path, which is really nice in its new sections and too sketchy and narrow in its old sections. Down to the end of the path, turning left onto the bike path for N Mission Bay Dr, which has a nice little bridge over Rose Inlet. Onto Pacific Beach Dr, turning left onto Crown Point Dr and riding over to Mission Bay Park and a rest stop by restrooms. Then we retraced our route back to Pacific Beach Dr, turning right and then left onto Olney St. Right from there onto Balboa Ave and over to Soledad Mountain Rd for the climb up. At this point Zac just took off, and there was no way I could match his pace. I kept it going steady at the start, but Jed caught up and passed me, leaving me in the dust. On the little steeper sections I stood up and powered up them, recovering on the flatter portions, and that approach seemed to work okay. Ended up setting a Strava PR on this segment, 18:32, and I was third up to the cross. After a breather we headed down La Jolla Scenic Dr to Nautilus Rd, turning right. I was cautious on the steeper turning sections here, feeling a little wobble when I gripped the handlebars too tightly. All the way down to Neptune Pl, where Zac and I were out ahead and lost contact with the others. Jamil and Kamal caught up but not the others, so we headed through the city streets to get to La Jolla village. Then it was Prospect St up to Torrey Pines Rd and down to La Jolla Shores Dr. We stopped for the last break at a gas station on the corner, then rode up that short (1 mi) steep climb to get to N Torrey Pines Rd. I was able to hang with Zac, and we outpaced the others on the climb, surprisingly. A Strava PR for me here as well, 6:36. Before the descent down to the sea I caught a rock fragment in my rear tire and had a flat, but I was able to fix it pretty quickly. We continued down the descent (again some wobble at a fast curving section), had to slow down a little bit and then work hard to catch back up with the others. Onto Carmel Valley Rd, where it was Zac and me again out front, he was pushing hard to get back since he was late for meeting somebody. We rode together over El Camino Real to the 56 bike path, then I waited for the others while he continued on. We retraced our route back. On the bike path section after Carmel Valley Rd, Ray, Nel and I traded leads for a while until Jed caught up and blew apart our little pace line. We tried to hold it together but Jed was strong, so he and I ended up riding together to Camino del Sur, with me putting in a big effort to stay with him. On the way back from there, I was in the lead for a while until Jed and Ray caught up and we traded leads for a time until Ray had to back off. I lasted a little longer until I couldn't match Jed's pace, then I fell back on the climbing sections. Once it flattened out, I was able to close some but not all of the distance. He is super strong, very difficult to keep up with on long steady climbs. He and I finished at the same time when I caught up with him at a light. This was a good riding day for me, I felt strong throughout. At one point, my right quad twinged a little but nothing came of it. Rode home down RB Rd to W Bernardo Dr and home the normal way from there. Legs were tired but not too sore at the end.
Avg speed = 16.3 mph. Total mileage = 68.8 mi
Bisikleta route avg speed = 16.7 mph
Avg power = 156 W. Weighted avg power = 184 W
Total elevation gain = 4470'
Avg heartrate = 129 bpm
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