Got up a little early and got ready for a ride with John. I looked all around for my HR monitor band but couldn't find it. Got dressed and loaded up with some snacks, then had a last look around the spare bedroom, and I located the band, by my backpack. Put it on and got my bike ready, then headed up Aguamiel Rd to Duenda Rd, then over to W Bernardo Dr. Up to RB Rd, then onto Bernardo Center Dr to get to Bernardo Heights Pkwy. It was cool but not cold at the start. Up that little climb, then I took Paseo Lucido to Carmel Mountain Rd and then left onto Rancho Carmel Dr. I met John at the Park n Ride, and we traced a part of the old time trial route, starting up Ted Williams Pkwy and then Pomerado Rd to the neighborhood by Dave's old house, which we cut through to get back to RB Rd. I was riding at John's pace to this point. When we started up Espola Rd, I got out ahead of him a couple of times and waited for him to catch up. We took it all the way to Poway Rd, that last little steep climb was tough as always, then we rode downhill (mostly) to Pomerado Rd, turning left there. Up to Scripps-Poway Pkwy, then we continued on up the 1-mile climb to the top of Pomerado Rd. I set a Strava PR on this climb, finishing it in 5:59. Didn't start too fast, but I found a rhythm with fairly high cadence and stuck to it all the way to the top. We gathered back up after the turn, then headed down Pomerado Rd into Scripps Ranch. On the downhill, John got ahead of me, and I hit something in the road that caused my rear tire to go flat. I stopped and repaired it fairly quickly, it was easy to get the tire off and back on the rim, since it's been stretched out a couple of times. Manually pumped it up with my Park Tool pump, which takes a lot of strokes but does a good job of minimizing the amount of force needed to pump it. It takes about 250 pumps to fill the tire. Then I rode down to meet John, who was just starting to come back up the hill. We turned on Scripps Ranch Blvd and stayed on it after the turn. Past the high school, and then I saw the RE/MAX sign and decided to stop and see Emily at work. I had the wrong building, the old one, so I called her and she directed me to the right street. We rode over there but didn't see any RE/MAX signs, so I asked her for the street address. Then we found the building and went in to see her, Lindsey, Walt, and another lady, Bev, who works in the escrow office. It's a pretty nice office building, and their space is open and well-designed. John and I continued on, taking Scripps Ranch Blvd to Erma Rd and riding down to get onto the bike path that parallels the freeway. We took it all the way back to Poway Rd, then we rode up to Sabre Springs Pkwy to get back to our meet-up spot. I followed the new time trial route home, taking it easy for most of the way.
Avg speed = 15.3 mph. Total mileage = 40.3 mi
Avg power = 134 W. Weighted avg power = 160 W
Total elevation gain = 2840'
Avg heartrate = 120 bpm (Coospo), 124 bpm (Fitbit)
In the late afternoon, Emily stopped by and showed us her new car, a Corolla Hybrid. It's pretty nice, a definite upgrade from the old Accord. We drove to RB Community Park and hiked the normal trail that takes you down by the lake. It was a quiet evening after we got back.
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