Woke up and got ready for the ride. I was early rising, so I had plenty of time to get ready. Rode through the neighborhood and then the extended route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood to the 4S Target. The other riders trickled in, and there were some who weren't highly motivated to get going, so we were delayed. Jojo, Perse's cousin, was there along with three buddies, and one of them, Samuel, had forgotten to bring a helmet. On this ride at the start, there were: Arnold, Gideon, Fritz, Kamal, Charlie, James, Jojo, and his friends Mack, Ken, and Samuel (who is a Catholic priest). We eventually decided to ride over to Gideon's house and pick up a helmet, then modify the originally planned route to shorten its distance. We rode the straight way back to Gideon's place, picked up the helmet (Arnold also put more air in his front tire), and started from there. Up to RB Rd, then over to Camino del Sur. On the initial part of this ride, it was just me and Kamal way out in front, with the others trailing behind. It stayed that way on Camino del Sur, although by the turn onto San Dieguito Rd Fritz had started to catch up with us. Down the hill, gathering at the turn onto El Apajo, then we rode over to Via de Santa Fe, turning left onto Calzada del Bosque. Until then, we were following the original route, but to shorten it I recommended that we ride up the hill to Linea del Cielo instead of turning into Rancho Santa Fe. At the top of the hill, there was a general consensus to shorten the ride by taking Linea del Cielo to Lomas Santa Fe and then to the coast. I led for most of this stretch, Kamal was close as well. When we got down to PCH, we stopped for a short break and decided to ride up to Swami's Beach and turn around there. The pace on PCH was not super fast. I was leading for most of it, with the exception of a sprint by Kamal on the flats that I didn't try to chase down until the road started to incline. It's about 3 miles from that intersection to Swami's, and we all stopped there (I thought) for water and a restroom break. Romeo and Ed joined us there as we were getting ready to head south. They had been trying to meet up with us, but because of our late schedule and changed route it didn't happen. They headed north while we started back. Our route was the usual one to Via de la Valle and up Three Witches. Along PCH I noticed that James wasn't with us. At a stop, I texted him to let him know where we were, turns out he rode up to Oceanside for extra miles. On the return, I was leading or in the lead group the whole time until we got to San Dieguito Rd, where I organized a pace line that actually held together pretty well on the flats (Ken dropped off, and maybe Gideon, but the others hung on). One last stop at the gas station before Three Witches, thankfully it wasn't a really long one, as the temperature was rising. On the climb, I settled into a steady pace and led the others up the hill. I was out in front, then Jojo decided to close the gap and Arnold followed him. So it was the three of us at the top, with Fritz not so far behind. One last wait after the turn for everybody to make it there, then we all rode back to the starting point. I got out in front again and just put it into a steady pace until I got to Artesian Rd, where it flattened out and I began to put some more juice into it. Finished out in front, but Fritz wasn't too far back, and he had been trying hard to close the gap. So, I gave him a target to push for. I waited for everybody to get back, then Gideon and I took it slow back to his house, where he gave me back the SRAM battery that he had borrowed during the ride. I rode home from his place via the W Bernardo Dr route. This was a moderate intensity ride for me, but I was still tired at the end, no muscle soreness. I found out at the end that somehow my Fitbit had stopped tracking the ride about 15 miles in, so those data aren't included.
Avg speed = 17.1 mph (from my analysis program). Total distance = 46.7 mi
Bisikleta route avg speed = 17.8 mph
Avg power = 146 W. Weighted avg power = 180 W
Total elevation gain = 2430'
Avg heartrate = 129 bpm (Coospo)
Afternoon was a quiet one, I did some reading, had a short nap, ate some of the homemade vanilla ice cream that Ann had made in the morning. Then I tackled trying to track down the reason for the warnings I regularly see when running my Python GPX analysis program. I figured out how to clean up the code to get rid of the two warnings that I'd been ignoring. The numbers weren't affected, but the code is much cleaner now.
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