This was a surprising ride. I went out for an hour-long walk in the early morning and then got ready to meet John for a shorter ride leaving from our house. As we started, there were some scattered raindrops on the ground, but we thought we might be able to avoid most of it. Headed down by the park and over the freeway to BVP and started up. We got to Sunset Dr, all good with the rain but the road was under construction, so we turned here and rode up to Juniper St. It was here that it started to drizzle, then as we kept riding it got progressively worse, to full-on rain by 15th Ave. So we rode up to 13th Ave and used it to get over to Escondido Blvd, where we started heading back. The rain continued, alternating in its severity. It wasn't ever as bad as it got on Saturday, but I was pretty wet (not soaked all the way through). Down through Kit Carson Park and the backside of the mall to get back to BVP, where we took the pedestrian bridge route over Lake Hodges, due to the dicey weather conditions. Riding across the bridge, we encountered the heaviest rain, but it slacked off a little bit once we got onto W Bernardo Dr. Home the normal way from there, I was glad to be back, more chilled than soaked but still kinda miserable.
Avg speed = 14.0 mph. Total mileage = 13.2 mi
Avg power = 115 W. Weighted avg power = 154 W
Total elevation gain = 680'
Avg heartrate = 111 bpm
I left around noon to head over to Pomerado Medical Center for my first day of volunteering in the Emergency Department (ED, not a great acronym). I met the charge nurse Emily, as well as Judy (she's in charge of the back rooms in the ED, Ramon and Tornado (two med techs), Shannon (I think she is admin support), Carter (staff nurse), Victoria (staff nurse), and Anessa (staff nurse). More people to meet and get to know over the next months. There was a lot of walking around the department, I cleaned out a couple of rooms and replenished supplies. I also talked to a number of visitors and a few patients, got them water when requested and listened to some of their stories. The time passed generally quickly, but I would sure like to have more things to do on a regular basis, will need to try and figure those additional tasks out over time. The shift was supposed to be 12:30-4:30, but mine was more like 12:15-4:40. Was still able to get home before it got dark, and I successfully avoided having to ride in the rain, even though it was a lousy day weather-wise.
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