Saturday, May 13, 2023

05-13-2023 Ride

Ride over to the Bisikleta starting point, going through the neighborhood and the extended route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood, up by the water tower but not to the top there.  On this ride, there were: Arnold, Perse, Gio, Jed, Audrey, Chris, Charlie, Kamal, Jamil, Irwin, Nel, Fritz, and a new rider, Sassan, who I met, along with the fast riders, at the top of the Palomar climb last Saturday.  This was a standard route, out Camino del Sur to San Dieguito Rd (fast for me down to the flats by El Apajo), pace line over to El Camino Real, then Via de la Valle to the coast.  Up the Coast Hwy to the 7-Eleven for a break before we turned around and headed back.  On the stretch into Cardiff, I again (it happens all the time) got isolated from the lead riders and had to work to get back with them, helped by some red lights.  A few of us - me, Audrey, Chris, and Jamil - turned off at Via de la Valle and retraced our route back.  Another small pace line with extended pulls at the front, and a brief break at the gas station before we all watched Audrey tear up Three Witches and set the all-time Bisikleta club elapsed time record!  My time wasn't terrible, but she absolutely rode away.  Back along Camino del Sur, I didn't set any records but had decent enough legs left, no cramping and no soreness in my right quad, which was good.  Home through the neighborhood.

Avg speed = 18.1 mph. Total mileage = 50.5 mph
Bisikleta route avg speed = 18.8 mph
Avg power = 163 W. Weighted avg power = 187 W
Total elevation gain = 2034'
Avg heartrate = 129 bpm

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