Ride over to the 4S Target the usual way through the neighborhood and the extended route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood. On this day, the riders were: Nel, Fritz, Jamil, Jed (moving into his second house in Oceanside later), Rob, Andy, Eric, Arnold, Perse, and Gio. Out Camino del Sur (CdS) to San Dieguito Rd, then down to El Apajo. I didn't push the pace too hard on the CdS bump, tried to let others lead out on this day for long stretches. We rode over the normal way to Via de la Valle, then up the climb, where I marked Fritz for most of the way and passed him near the top when he ran out of gas. Then it was over Paseo Delicias to El Camino del Norte, which we took down to Rancho Santa Fe Rd. Same approach, I rode near the leaders and saved enough at the end to finish ahead of the others. We turned left here and stayed on this road until it turned into Manchester Ave, turning left at the light to stay on this road. Took it all the way to San Elijo Rd, which we used to get to Chesterfield Dr and then onto the Coast Hwy. Then we rode into Solana Beach (I couldn't match Arnold's acceleration on the little climb after Cardiff) and on into Del Mar, where I was able to outpace the others on the climb into the village there. Stopped for a break in the village, then continued on to Carmel Valley Rd. Down the hill there and into the parking lot to allow some riders to use the restrooms. Then it was over to the 56 bike path, which we took all the way to Camino del Sur. We had a pace line going on the stretch past Carmel Valley Rd, but it disintegrated when we started climbing the second section. I led out here for a while, several other riders passed me, and I put in a big effort to pass them back and get out ahead. Thought I was going to keep the lead, but Fritz put in a big push and I just couldn't match it. At the intersection with CdS, Perse discovered that he had a flat, and I lent him an inner tube, tire tools, and cartridges to get him rolling again. By this time, I was ready to ride without more stops, so as we got back onto CdS I just kept riding. Rob was with me, and we got out ahead of the others and stayed there until the end. But some of the others must have been pushing hard, because Arnold made good time on this stretch and almost caught up with us. That guy was the strongest rider today. Home fairly slowly, taking RB Rd down to W Bernardo Dr and then down to Aguamiel Rd to try and get over 50 miles and 3000' of elevation gain. I had to continue a little further on Azucar Way, past the house, to make the numbers. Felt good on this ride, legs held out, although I could tell once we got onto CdS that my ability to accelerate and push a fast pace was limited. So I pretty much matched Rob's pace, going perhaps a little faster on the last stretch.
Avg speed = 17.6 mph. Total mileage = 50.1 mi
Avg speed for Bisikleta route = 18.1 mph
Avg power = 149 W. Weighted avg power = 186 W
Total elevation gain = 3030'
Avg heartrate = 131 bpm
It was a light day otherwise. I talked to Leslie Witherspoon to get more details about the Havasu Falls hiking trip, looks like I'm going to do it. Should be exciting. So I bought some new water shoes for the trip and started looking at what kind of food to bring.
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