Thursday, June 22, 2023

06-22-2023 Ride

Ride after work with Blair initially, after having driven in to work.  Had a talk in the morning on Innovation that went well, so I was feeling good on this ride.  We headed over from the back parking lot to Camino del Norte via Bernardo Center Dr, taking it up and over to Carmel Mountain Rd.  Turned right on Rancho Carmel Dr and then into the Costco parking lot to wait for Justin and Rob to join us.  After they arrived, we got back onto Rancho Carmel Dr and rode down to Sabre Springs Pkwy, staying on it past Poway Rd and over to Springhurst Dr.  Then over to Poway Rd, riding to Oak Knoll Rd and using that road to get to Pomerado Rd.  Over to Metate Ln, turning left and riding up to Community Rd.  Rob and I were riding out front during this stretch, keeping a pretty good pace, which was putting some pressure on Blair and Justin who were following.  We rode over to Twin Peaks Rd and up to Espola Rd, waiting for everybody to be together before taking this gradual climb.  I felt good on the climb, and Robert was just behind me, impressive since he hadn't been riding in 6 weeks.  We stayed on Espola Rd and then RB Rd back down to Pomerado Rd.  The downhill was tempered by strong breezes coming from the southwest.  I was leading out for much of this stretch.  Left on Pomerado Rd, taking it up to Bernardo Heights Pkwy.  Justin was tiring out, he kept it going but slowed way down, so I rode with him for a good stretch of the gradual climb up to the turn.  Pushed it a little bit up to Paseo Lucido, where we turned left and dropped Rob off by the turnoff to his place.  Then we took it fairly easy back to the corner of Carmel Mountain Rd and Rancho Carmel Dr, where we turned around and Justin kept going.  He lives in the apartments behind Jalapeno's Mexican Restaurant.  Blair and I retraced our route back to the starting point, I made decent time up the little climb after turning onto Camino del Norte, and we rode together on the downhill section before the short climb to the turn onto Bernardo Center Dr.  He was feeling the effects of the exertion at the end, a good sign that he put a lot of effort into the ride.

Avg speed = 15.2 mph. Total mileage = 22.8 mi
Avg power = 132 W. Weighted avg power = 157 W
Total elevation gain = 1240'
Avg heartrate = 110 bpm

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