I talked to Michel Assenheimer in the morning, to catch up on what's going on with him and his family and to get tips on what to see in Belgium. Here are my notes from the conversation:
- Bar and Omer are both getting married, Bar in May and Omer in June/July
- Stopped Judo, got cracked or broken ribs from a kick to the chest and decided he didn’t need to have that kind of pain anymore.
- Moved away from Nikon to Olympus, smaller sensor and therefore smaller lenses. If I follow Michel on Facebook, I can see his wildlife pictures, some of which he showed me, and they are spectacular.
After the call, I walked over to the WWC and went swimming. Did 2500 yds in 48:44 following standard protocol. I was watching out for my right shoulder, since I had some neuralgic twitching in my fingers over the weekend. It felt fine, and the twitching appears to have dissipated and is going away. Still, I felt pretty strong during the swim. First 2000 yds was done in about 38:40. Then I walked home. When I got there, I ordered my tickets for visiting the Auschwitz Museum while we are in Krakow. Then I went out into the backyard and drained the rest of the water out of the spa. I'd turned the pump off a couple of nights previous. After lunch, I decided to go for a ride, using my old Fuji bike with the aero bars installed. I rode through the neighborhood, heading up the Capilla Rd route to Matinal Rd, then onto RB Rd. Once I got onto relatively flat roads, I started getting into aero position whenever possible. I made some adjustments to the aero bars several times during the ride, and they are still not quite right/tightened down. But they are good enough. Headed out to Camino del Sur and then down to Carmel Valley Rd. I had a PR on the section of Camino del Sur from RB Rd out to Carmel Valley Rd, 16:51, averaging almost 20 mph. Everytime I wasn't either climbing or descending, I was in aero position. At one point, I made the mistake of trying to look behind me while in aero position, and I almost crashed. Don't do that! From then on, I was more careful about coming up onto the brake hoods near stoplights and unknown/bumpy road conditions. They were paving Camino del Sur beyond Carmel Valley Rd, so I turned right and took Carmel Valley Rd down to the 56 bike path. Then I rode back to Rancho Santa Fe Farms Rd, taking the overpass there back to Carmel Valley Rd. I'm glad I did, because it would have been a mess with the road paving on Camino del Sur. My reason was to get more time on the aero bars, and that also worked out okay. There was a pretty stiff offshore headwind on the way out, and it helped me a lot on the way back. Carmel Valley Rd back to Camino del Sur, then I retraced my route back to RB Rd. On the section from Carmel Valley Rd to Artesian Rd, I had another PR, 10:31, averaging over 20 mph, wind-aided. I also had a PR on the section from Carmel Valley Rd back to RB Rd, 16:20 moving time and again averaging about 20 mph. Took Camino del Norte up to Dove Canyon Rd and then over to RB Rd, heading home from there the normal way via W Bernardo Dr. This was the fastest I have ridden solo since the time trial, and I felt pretty good out there, no lower back issues from being hunched over. I could tell near the end that my legs were feeling the effects of the effort, but they held out okay.
Avg speed = 18.6 mph. Total mileage = 26.4 mi
Avg power = 171 W. Weighted avg power = 190 W
Total elevation gain = 1680'
Avg heartrate = 143 bpm (Coospo), 116 bpm (Fitbit, watchband was a little loose)
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