Got up early and got ready to ride over to John's house. I took the time trial route over to Springhurst Dr and then rode up the hill, a little more slowly than I would have liked. Up until that point, I was keeping a relatively fast pace. Got there early and waited for him to open the garage door. Jayden and Vivian came out to say hi as well. Then we took off and rode up to Scripps-Poway Pkwy, turning right there and heading (eventually) downhill toward the freeway. On one of the steeper parts of the descent, I hit something in the road (again) and flatted my front tire. Sent him a text to wait for me and started to fix it. But he rode back up and helped me out. So I was done a little sooner than usual, and we were back on track. We continued downhill to Mercy Rd, taking it over to Black Mountain Rd and turning right there. On the climb up to the 56 bike path, I set a new Strava PR, 5:00 flat, just a couple of seconds faster than my previous best time. Blair passed me in his truck and said hi, which was a funny coincidence. I got up to the bike path and waited for John to join, then we continued down toward the coast. When we got to Camino del Sur, Jake Wright, who was on an e-bike commuting to work, recognized me, so we stopped and had a brief chat before continuing on. Down to El Camino Real, where we went under the road and checked to see the status of the bike path extension they are creating to connect with Sorrento Valley Rd. It looks almost done from this end, maybe they are still working on the landscaping along the path. Then we turned around and rode back to El Camino Real, turning right and staying on it as it turned into Carmel Mountain Rd. This road has a gradual climb up to Carmel Country Rd, where we turned left and took a fairly steep downhill back to connect with the 56 bike path. I kept my speed under control, as it was winding and I wasn't feeling too safe. Back to the bike path, which we took to Rancho Penasquitos Blvd. I stayed with John up to Camino del Sur and beyond, getting ahead of him on the little climb to Black Mountain Rd. We turned at Rancho Penasquitos Blvd and took the other steep downhill over to Poway Rd. With the benefit of that downhill and the tailwind we had, we made good time back to Springhurst Dr, where we turned and headed back to his house. This time, on the climb, I had a better result, feeling stronger and able to keep a good pace up to the turn onto Mountain Pass Rd. Vivian made smoothies for us when we got back, and they were delicious. Then I retraced my route back home, except I stayed on RB Rd up to W Bernardo Dr before turning. Felt good on this ride, not super tired when I got back, which was good, since I needed to get ready for my volunteer shift at the hospital.
Avg speed = 16.4 mph. Total mileage = 47.5 mi
Avg power = 147 W. Weighted avg power = 172 W
Total elevation gain = 2840'
Avg heartrate = 127 (Coospo), 122 bpm (Fitbit)
In the afternoon, I rode over to the hospital and did my volunteer shift. They had a new location for the volunteer sign-in computer, but it wasn't working, so I headed directly to the ED. Met a new nurse, Shelly, and there was a new PathTaker, but I didn't capture her name. It was a little busy at the start, and I had a lull around 2:00, so that's when I took my break. Later, I had a nice conversation with Marius. He is a really engaging guy, and I get the impression that he is a very fine nurse. It got busy after that, and 4:30 came fairly quickly. I wrote down my hours on a piece of paper and tacked it to the cork board by the volunteer office. Then I stopped at Sprouts on the way home and got some fruit. In the evening, we heard that Rob had had a bike crash in the morning and gone to the hospital. He broke his collarbone and some ribs and was kept overnight for observation, which indicates that he took a pretty big hit to his head. Thank God for helmets. Apparently, he hit a pothole and went down. Luckily, there were no cars involved, and a couple of people who saw him go down stopped to help him. Scary!
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