Got up slowly (<>!) and got ready to go riding. Intent was to practice time trial mode, so I rode to Pacific Beach Dr and used it to get to Mission Bay. Rode over to Fiesta Island at pace but not super fast. Once I got there, I dialed up the speed and rode three laps around the island. I was able to keep in the aero drops for most of the time, and I thought I had a good TT. Later, when I saw the time, I was a little disappointed in the time, but my average power was also down, which suggests that I have the capacity to ride harder. Then I rode back to Pacific Beach Dr and over to Olney St, taking it to Balboa Ave. Turned right there and rode to Soledad Mountain Rd, where I turned left. This was not going to be a PR day, I took it nice and easy on the climb, just pushing it a little bit on the steeper sections. I rode to the top by the cross and took a short break there before turning around and starting down La Jolla Scenic Dr. I saw that there was a potential new downhill that I hadn't ridden before, by turning left onto Cardeno Dr. This road is shorter and steeper than Soledad Mountain Rd, but it's not as bad as Via Capri, probably similar to Nautilus Rd. This road turns into Fanuel St, which would have taken me directly into PB, but I didn't know that, so I ended up turning right onto Turquoise St and taking it to Mission Blvd. Then I rode through downtown PB to Pacific Beach Dr and used it to get back to our AirBnb. On this ride, my biggest effort was on the time trial section, then I took it pretty easy for the rest of the ride.
Avg speed = 17.2 mph. Total mileage = 29.8 mi
Avg power = 152 W. Weighted avg power = 172 W
Total elevation gain = 970'
Avg heartrate = 131 bpm
After I got back, we talked about things to do during the day. Decided to walk to PB and have lunch at a pizza place, then go play pinball at the Aero / Dyno Bar over by the airport. Of course, the pizza place was closed (note on the door said it was opening later than usual), but we ended up finding a good place for Mexican food, Mission Taco, which also had homemade horchata that was really tasty but a little gritty. The Dyno Bar experience was okay, we got there at Happy Hour and that was decent, but the number of pinball machines and other video games was a little limited. Ann was the Pinball Queen on this day, beating me almost every time. I did get to enter my initials for a high score on a wacky PacMan game that we played. Back to PB, stopping at Ralph's for some dinner food that could be microwaved, then it was a quiet evening.
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