After I woke up, I got ready for my bike ride, where I intended to take it easy. Through the neighborhood, then the extended route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood, including the little ride up to the top of Four Gee Rd. It was a fairly small group on this ride, which was called a Bisikleta 4th anniversary ride, On this day, the riders were: Kamal, Jamil, Arnold, Perse, Joey, Rob, and Ray. Everybody on this ride, for the most part, took it easy, no sustained attacks that I saw. Rob was recovering from a procedure to remove a varicose vein in his leg, so he was a little slower than usual. I rode near the back for much of the ride, particularly the latter part, serving as the sweeper. Down Camino del Sur to San Dieguito Rd, taking to El Apajo and then over to Via de la Valle. Up this little climb, on a newly paved road that is much better, to Paseo Delicias, where we turned right and rode up to Montevideo. A left turn there, then a right onto Lago Linda to get over to El Camino del Norte, where we turned left. I kept my pace modest on this stretch and really enjoyed the sweeping gradual downhill section. When we got to Rancho Santa Fe Rd, we turned right and took it to Olivenhain Rd. We stayed on this through El Camino Real, taking the climb up to Quail Gardens Dr, where we turned right, regrouped, then rode another nice, curving descent to Saxony Rd. A right turn and another descent took us to La Costa Ave. Arnold stopped to take a picture with a large painted horse, so he and I got behind the others. We rode on La Costa Ave down to PCH, turned right and took it to Avenida Encinas before turning around and riding back to where the others were gathered at Cancun. I bought some Starburst and went to the bathroom during the break, then we kept heading south along PCH, through Del Mar and making a last-minute decision not to ride up Torrey Pines. Instead, we turned on Carmel Valley Rd and took it to Sorrento Valley Rd to get to the 56 bike path. On this section, I stayed at the back, where Jamil and Joey were a little behind the others. We rode on the path back to Carmel Valley Rd and turned left there. Rob's chain got stuck in his chainrings, so a small group of us stayed with him as he fixed it, then we caught up with the others not too long after. Rob was starting to slow down, so I kept at the back and made sure that the riders were supported. We rode back to Camino del Sur and turned left there. Right after the turn, Arnold stopped to tighten the bolts for his head unit bracket, and I stayed with him. Then we pushed a pretty hard pace to try and catch up with the others. We got to Jamil, then Rob and Joey were also with us. I stayed at the back, and we all finished the ride successfully. I stayed for a short while as the others sat in the shade and chatted, then I rode home the normal way via Camino San Bernardo and W Bernardo Dr. Kept it slow and easy for this section as well, and finished feeling good.
Avg speed = 15.9 mph. Total mileage = 57.5 mi
Avg power = 122 W. Weighted avg power = 148 W
Total elevation gain = 3010'
Avg heartrate = 115 bpm (Coospo)
I was tired enough that I had a short nap while watching highlights from the Women's Tour de France. Then I made some pasta salad for our dinner picnic at Santee Lakes, where we watched a free concert by Summer Breeze SD. Several of the musicians were decent, but the vocalists were below average, and some, on some songs, were downright bad. But it was entertaining, and the venue, a deck overlooking one of the Santee Lakes, was nice, with a nice breeze coming off the lake. So, it was a pleasant enough evening.
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