Got up earlier than usual on a Saturday, mostly used the time to get ready for the ride. Even still, I left home early. Through the neighborhood and then the long way through the 4S Ranch neighborhood to Four Gee Rd, turning right onto Camino del Sur and riding up to Garretson St before turning into the 4S Target parking lot. Perse was there early, as he usually is on the days he rides with us. Others trickled in. On this day, we had the following riders: Perse, Nel, Joey, Charlie, Eric, Jamil, and Jed. We rode an old favorite coastal route. Weather was overcast for about 80% of the ride. Down Camino del Sur to San Dieguito Rd, turning right and riding down and through the flats (pretty well organized pace line there) over to El Camino Real, then over to Via de la Valle, which we used to get to the Coast Hwy. At one point, Joey, who was a couple of riders in front of me, hit some bad pavement in the bike lane, and I thought she was going to go down. But she held onto it, thankfully, and we continued. A short break at the turn, then we continued, largely together for a while, through Solana Beach, until we dropped down and the speed picked up. I was behind the group and had to pull pretty hard to catch up with the lead group. We got ahead of the others on this stretch into Encinitas, so I waited behind to ride with Nel and Joey into our break spot at the 7-Eleven by La Costa Ave. We had the wind helping us along on the ride north, and some of the riders were going pretty fast in that latter stretch. It was a comparatively short break, and we were back on the Coast Hwy heading south in a group, again for a short while until we started spreading out. We kept going into Del Mar, and here I put in a bigger effort to push myself up into the village. Then I dialed it back a bit as we rode through Del Mar, still out in front. We rode up to Carmel Valley Rd and gathered everybody up again. Then it was over to the 56 bike path via the new route, and a pretty fast stretch up to the cul de sac, with Eric periodically pushing the pace and me doing the same in response. We rode up to Carmel Valley Rd, gathered everybody together again and tried a pace line up to Camino del Sur. It was pretty successful with 5 riders (Charlie, Joey, Eric, Perse, and me), we stayed together even on the gradual climb. The others caught up with us at the turn, and we headed back via Camino del Sur. I pushed myself again here and got out in front of the others for a while. Then I waited at the San Dieguito Rd intersection for everybody to get through before continuing. I ended up catching everybody except Jed, who was just too far ahead for me to close the gap. So, he, Eric, and Jamil all had strong finishes. I stayed around until everybody was back, then rode home the new normal way, not super fast but fast enough to try and preserve most of my average speed. Had a pretty decent day, didn't feel at the top of my form, but there weren't any super strong riders in the group to push me hard for long.
Avg speed = 17.7 mph (17.9 mph from GPX analysis program). Total mileage = 56.2 mi
Bisikleta route avg speed = 18.5 mph
Avg power = 151 W. Weighted avg power = 176 W
Total elevation gain = 2380'
Avg heartrate = 130 bpm (Coospo), 123 bpm (Fitbit)
Ann was gone when I got home, so I watched the highlights from the Dauphine, had some lunch, then had a really brief nap, before updating the blog. I worked on the GPX file analysis program to include the ability to compare power curves from two rides. It now works, is a little clunky and needs some cleaning up. Later in the afternoon, I planted another of the little plants we got at The Home Depot, in the wood chip bed, and I ran a drip line to it. Two more to go.
I'm almost finished with Steinbeck's East of Eden. Forgot to include Cathy Ames (aka Kate) as one of the main characters whose storyline is woven in. Also, Adam Trask's two sons Cal and Aron are prominently featured in the later parts of the book. Samuel Hamilton's family is also mentioned at various points in the story: Liza (wife), Tom, Will, Dessie, Olive (John Steinbeck's mother), Joe. Trask's longtime housekeeper Lee is also a prominent character throughout the latter part of the book.
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