Woke up early with the intention of going on a longer ride. I mapped it out in Strava first, then got ready. Probably didn't take enough food with me, but I didn't bonk during the ride. Headed down to the park and across the pedestrian bridge, then through the mall parking lot and up Beethoven Dr to cut through Kit Carson Park and get to Escondido Blvd. I rode on it for a time then moved over to Centre City Pkwy to ride through Escondido. Stayed on it out to Deer Springs Rd and then down the hill, eventually turning left on Gopher Canyon Rd. There is a short, steep climb after the turn, and I took it fairly easy. Lots of traffic on this narrow road, which was a little unsettling. I took it all the way to the end, turning left onto E Vista Way. I was going to stay on this road for quite a while, into Vista and beyond, dealing with more morning commute traffic. There is a place in Vista where you need to turn onto W Vista Way, but I had loaded a map of my route, and it gave me ample warning. I was riding down toward the coast, not sure if I've been on this road before, probably not. Rode down to College Blvd and took a left. There's a little climb, not too much, after the turn. Rode down to Cannon Rd and turned right there, taking a little jaunt to get over to El Camino Real. I'm pretty sure I've never ridden on this stretch of the road. It's nice, took me by the airport, then past Poinsettia Ln and La Costa, until I turned onto Olivenhain Rd to get to Rancho Santa Fe Rd. Ridden this a lot of times in the other direction. I stayed on RSF through the turn and then had a gradual climb up El Camino del Norte, not too bad in the shade, as it was warming up. I rode up to Lago Lindo and used this road to get over to El Montevideo and thence to Paseo Delicias. I rode toward downtown RSF and turned left onto Via de la Valle, riding down the hill until turning onto Via de Santa Fe to get over to El Apajo and the bottom of the Three Witches climb. Let's just say that this was not a PR day for me. I took it at modest pace, focusing on getting up the hill on tiring legs. To Camino del Sur, turning left and riding over to Paseo del Sur. I rode through the neighborhood, taking the route that got me onto Camino San Bernardo. It's a gradual climb on this road until it gets a little steeper just past Dove Canyon Rd, and I slogged up this last stretch. Over to Camino del Norte, taking it to Bernardo Center Dr and turning left to ride into the RB village. I turned on Lomica Dr and rode through that neighborhood to get to Higa Pl and then Pomerado Rd. Home the normal way, via Bernardo Center Dr, from there. Legs felt fine at the end, I was hungry but not too sore from the ride. Probably benefited from the frequent stops while I was riding through Vista and then toward the end.
Avg speed = 16.3 mph. Total mileage = 62.7 mi
Avg power = 147 W. Weighted avg power = 173 W
Total elevation gain = 3800'
Avg heartrate = 128 bpm
Relative Effort = 115
Training Load = 240
Intensity = 75%
I got home in time to have something to eat before the door installation guy showed up a little before noon. I thought he was something of an odd duck, but he ended up doing a good job on the installation. He reminded me that we needed new door locks, so I waited until Ann got home before heading over to Home Depot to pick them up. This is when the mini adventure started. They only had the ones I wanted at the west Escondido store, so I drove over there. Got them, but the guy who is able to key the locks had just left, so I stood in the store calling around the other Home Depot stores to see if their person was still there. No luck, so I started home. On the way, I called Ann to ask her to look for locksmiths in RB who might re-key the locks. She found a couple of places but they weren't open. In the meantime, I drove toward the RB town center, thinking there was a place nearby. I was able to locate the kiosk, Champion Lock & Key, and - miracle of miracles - somebody was there. When I showed her (Kim) the locks I bought and our key, she told me they were incompatible, I needed Schlage locks. So, rushed over to Home Depot in CMR, returned the ones I bought, and bought a new Schlage lockset instead. Then I rushed back to the kiosk and had Kim re-key the locks. She was done in about 15 minutes, and I drove home. Lock installation went fairly smoothly, although the hole in the doorframe for the deadbolt doesn't match the strike plate on the lockset that I bought. It's fine for now until I figure out what to do. I got home from this adventure in time to head over to the library and drop my vote packet off, then it was a quiet rest of the day and evening.
I finished the book Those Beyond the Wall and switched back to the Elon Musk biography. The former book was a little too scattershot for me, and it was fairly cavalier about the violence it portrayed. It was enough for me not to read any more books by this author.
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