Went for a swim in the morning, 60 lengths of the pool, the first 20 without my swim snorkel, and the middle 30 with swim pads. Right shoulder felt a little sore. Finished in about 33 minutes, didn't feel fast on this day. Afterward, I had a quick shower and then had coffee at the HP cafeteria with Gary, John, and Brooke. John brought donuts.
Later, I cleaned up my bike from the previous day's ride and then tackled the sprinklers in the yard. One drip sprinkler in the front had broken and was spraying water into the street. Fixed that one. Then, in the backyard, there were several cracks in an exposed drip water line and they were spraying quite a bit of water. I had to fix it twice, the second time with a splice of new line in place. Looks like it's holding. I also trimmed back some of the succulents near the sprinkler control box and had to replace a drip sprinkler near the corner of the back yard. I think that one's fixed as well, but it bears watching.
On to the ride. In the afternoon, I rode through the neighborhood over to Via del Campo and then to the HP site, taking the long way around the site to meet up with Blair in the back parking lot. James was there as well, and we chatted briefly. Then Blair and I headed back out Via del Campo to RB Rd, taking it to Alva Rd and through the 4S Ranch neighborhood up by the water tower before getting to Camino del Sur. Right turn there, then a left onto Babcock St to get to Paseo del Sur, where we rode back to Camino del Sur after taking a short little detour into the neighborhood itself. Up to Carmel Valley Rd, turning right there and taking it to Rancho Santa Fe Farms Rd to get over to the 56 bike trail. Blair was riding pretty well on the flats, just falling behind a little bit on the latter portion of the climbs. Took the 56 bike trail back to Camino del Sur, turning left there and heading to Carmel Valley Rd. Just past the freeway I hit something, probably a rock, in the bike path and thought I had flatted my rear tire. But it was fine, so we continued on to take a right at Carmel Valley Rd. I slowed down here and rode with Blair until we got to where the incline stepped up. Up to the top and then down the hill, riding quite fast with a steady tailwind. We stayed on this road and took it to Bernardo Center Dr, riding that last climb together for the first 2/3 of it. Then it was back to our starting point, where I paused briefly before heading home the normal way, other than coming down Azucar Way at the end. Felt fine on this ride, not high exertion for most of it.
I also finished Leviathan Wakes, by James S. A. Corey (a pseudonym for two authors, Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, who wrote The Expanse book series). Book was pretty well written and a good tale, although its ending was somewhat abrupt, almost like they ran out of time or pages to finish it. Am starting Caliban's War, the next in the series. I'm also beginning Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, who we saw at an author interview at USD on Wednesday night with Kay and Ruth Cameron. I'll be reading the paper version, which will be a throwback change.
Avg speed = 15.0 mph. Total mileage = 27.2 mi
Avg power = 123 W. Weighted avg power = 164 W
Total elevation gain = 1890'
Avg heartrate = 118 bpm
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