Woke up pretty early and went into the garage to break the links on my rewaxed chain, exercise it a bit, then install it on my new bike. All went very smoothly, and the chain seemed to be holding more wax than the last time. Then I got ready for a ride and was on the move a little after 6:00. Headed through the neighborhood up to RB Rd, then took the short way through the 4S Ranch neighborhood to get to Camino del Sur. I intended for this to be a tempo ride, so I didn't let up very much on the flat and uphill sections. Down to San Dieguito Rd, turning there and taking it down to El Apajo, where I turned and rode over to Calzada del Bosque to get to Via de la Valle. I took this road all the way to the coast, then headed north. My intention was to ride about 52 miles, so I stayed on PCH all the way to Island Way, which is beyond Poinsettia Dr. The ride north was harder than I expected it to be, and it turns out I was probably riding into a little bit of a headwind. So, when I turned around, it was noticeably easier, and I made much better time on the return. I followed the same route until I got to the turn onto El Camino Real from Via de la Valle, where I took it over to San Dieguito Rd, across the flats, and up Three Witches. I was slow on this climb, had put in a pretty big effort to maintain a high speed along the coast and didn't have a whole lot left. Then I took Paseo del Sur off of Camino del Sur and rode home via the RB Rd and W Bernardo Dr route. During the latter third of the ride it was warming up and was more humid than usual. I was sweating at the end and glad to have gotten such an early start.
Avg speed = 18.3 mph. Total mileage = 52.1 mi
Avg power = 166 W. Weighted avg power = 184 W
Total elevation gain = 1920'
Avg heartrate = 133 bpm (Coospo), 132 bpm (Fitbit)
In the afternoon, I had my volunteer shift at the hospital. It was really busy in the ED at the beginning, and I was busy as well for the first hour. Then it slowed down a little bit, picking up again near the end, as it usually seems to do. I stopped at Sprouts on the way home and got some fruit to eat for a change. A quiet evening at home after that.
I finally finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. This book was disjointed and outdated, not sure why it is seen as a classic. The notion of an android bounty hunter is a good one, but it wasn't well executed here. I started Timothy Zahn's Cobra, which is about an enhanced human soldier who goes off to fight aliens on the outer planets of a future civilization of man. I have liked his books in the past, they had decent storylines.
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