Went for a swim in the morning, felt good especially in the latter half, when I was wearing the swim snorkel. Finished 2000 yds in 42 minutes, my fastest time yet for this distance. Hung around the house afterwards, then went on a bike ride around 10:30. I intended to do some climbing, and climbing I did. Down by the park, then over to Highland Valley Rd and up to the 67. It was challenging as usual, particularly the last climb. For the others, having a lower gear helped me a lot. Got to the top and then enjoyed the gradual downhill sections, but suffered on the false flats just before the intersection. The wind wasn't helping, and I was feeling the effects of not having climbed a lot recently. I turned south on the 67 and rode the stretch that was fairly flat pretty well, not as fast as I've ridden it in the past. Was slow on the way up to the summit just beyond Mt Woodson, and I could feel it in my lower back. I was really cautious on the downhill stretches over to Scripps-Poway Pkwy, as I was dealing with a crosswind and narrow bike lanes at times. There were several times when my front end started wobbling, I think because of the wind and me holding onto the handlebars too tightly, passing my arm wobbling to the bike. Held my speed more moderately on the downhill on Scripps-Poway Pkwy, where I was generally riding into a headwind. Back to Pomerado Rd, where I turned right and had the benefit, for a time, of a tailwind. Home the normal way from there, kinda running out of gas near the end.
Avg speed = 15.5 mph. Total mileage = 37.3 mi
Avg power = 149 W. Weighted avg power = 183 W
Total elevation gain = 2730'
Avg heartrate = 131 bpm
In the evening, we went to the central library downtown to hear Temple Grandin speak. Ann and I had seen the movie over the weekend, and that turned out to be a good move. We were near the front of the line for people who hadn't bought the book and therefore hadn't reserved a spot in the auditorium. Got there a little after 6:00, and it wasn't until after 7:00 that they allowed us in to find seats. It was a little tense, since we could see the auditorium filling up. But when they let us in, we were able to get really good seats together, not too far from the stage where she spoke. Her main topic was about handling kids who are on the spectrum, but she was entertaining in her presentation, a little weird but insightful about innovative ideas to try and get through to autistic children (and adults). Overall, very entertaining, including the bit about people watching before the presentation even began. We had a celebratory drink afterward before heading home.
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