Woke up as it was starting to get light and got ready for a bike ride while the day was still cool. When I left the house, it was foggy, even a little misty at times. I rode through the neighborhood, taking Matinal Circle all the way around and then riding on W Bernardo Dr up to RB Rd. Turned right and rode up to the 4S Ranch neighborhood, where I took the extended route, including the climb up to the water tower, where I was above the fog layer. Then it was back down and over to Camino del Sur, taking it up to Carmel Valley Rd. I was riding at a lower effort level overall, intent to get some miles in but not to overdo it. There was a fair amount of work and school traffic on Carmel Valley Rd as it got closer to the 56, but I turned right onto Del Mar Heights Rd, taking it down to Carmel Canyon Rd and using this road to get over to Carmel Country Rd. I decided to take this climb, having never ridden it in this direction. It's about a mile at the steeper gradient (7% in general), not too tough, then it levels out a bit up to Carmel Mountain Rd. A right turn there, and a general downhill all the way to the entrance to the 56 bike path, where I turned to take it to its western end. I stopped by the Park n Ride there and ate a banana before getting over to Carmel Valley Rd and taking it back to El Camino Real. Headed up, fairly slowly, into Del Mar Heights, then down into the flats and over to San Dieguito Rd. I kept up a pretty decent pace on this section, not too fast but not slow either. I was slower on the Three Witches climb back to Camino del Sur, had thought about pushing the pace there but ultimately decided not to. From there, it was home via the traditional RB Rd to W Bernardo Dr route. I ended up putting in a few more miles than originally envisioned, need to keep this up in order to have a shot at reaching 8k riding miles for the year.
Avg speed = 16.1 mph. Total mileage = 40.6 mi
Avg power = 135 W. Weighted avg power = 172 W
Total elevation gain = 2400'
Avg heartrate = 117 bpm
I was hungry when I got home, so I had some cereal, then hung around in late morning. I talked Ann into going over to the WWC in the early afternoon. We worked out in the gym, it was good to see her on the exercise machines. I think we can make this a more regular occurrence, to our mutual benefit. I focused on arm strength, mainly for improving my swimming. After that, we played a couple of games of pool in the rec room, the table is decent but the pool cues are terrible. Then we swam in the pool. Ann just dipped in while I swam two 500s at about 9:30 pace, the second one with the pull buoy to allow me to focus on my stroke length. It actually wasn't too bad in the first 500. I just need more arm strength and endurance to keep that stroke going over a long period. Not much else happened when we got home, it was a quiet later afternoon and evening. I did finish Rings of Fire and started Pandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton. I think I found this book on a recommended SF reading list, will see how it is.
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