Woke up (<!>) after a good night's rest and got ready for the Saturday Bisikleta bike ride. It wasn't too cold at the start. I rode through the neighborhood, heavy dew in the air that at times was a light mist. Then the extended route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood to get to the starting point at the 4S Target, where Nel was already there, and James and Arnold showed up about the same time. Others trickled in until, at the start, we had: Jed, James, Nel, Arnold, Rob, Jed A., Cam, Kamal, and Charlie. I hadn't ridden with Kamal and Jed A. in a long time, so it was nice to see them. The weather was light rain when we started, which surprised everybody. And they are repaving part of CdS, which we took down to the 56 bike path. It was rough riding, especially in the wet weather, not fun at all. I was sweeping on this day, staying at or near the back nearly the whole time. Talked a little bit with Kamal about his recent travels, which have included Vietnam and Saudi Arabia. Also chatted with James about his recent Ironman in The Woodlands last weekend, which took a lot longer than he expected, especially the run. It was in the mid-80s and humid, which might have affected his performance. He offered to give me tips about doing a spring triathlon, which I will take advantage of. On the 56 bike path, I led out, with Jed A. following close behind. All the way down to its end, where we waited for a couple of minutes until Zac and Joey showed up. Then we rode over to the coast and up Torrey Pines, the inside route. I talked with Zac and Joey on this section of the ride. They are moving back to the Bay Area, as Zac will take a new job, this one with Tik Tok. It sounds a little risky, but they are young and mobile. Will be very sad to see them go, they are great to ride with in the group. I thought I was at the back of the group on the climb, which went very quickly for me although my pace was slow. We saw Ray running with his group on the flatter section of the climb. At the top, I found out that Kamal and others were behind me, oops. I took the time to switch out the battery on my left shifter, which was showing low. Then we rode back down the hill, me in my sweeper role, and up through Del Mar. We stayed on PCH through Solana Beach and Cardiff, then turned right on Chesterfield Dr and had a break at the 7-Eleven there. After the break, we took San Elijo Ave over to Manchester Ave, staying on it through the right turn past the lagoon to get into the outskirts of RSF. I was waiting for the last riders, usually James, at each turn, then riding up to the next group, usually Joey and Kamal. To Rancho Santa Fe Rd, where we turned right and rode to La Bajada/La Granada for the little climbs up into RSF village. Then we took Via de Santa Fe over to El Apajo and thus to San Dieguito Rd. The climb up Three Witches was slow, I stayed with Kamal, who was suffering on the climbs from not having ridden much at all recently. He got to the top, where the others were waiting at the turn onto CdS. They took off, and I waited for James to make the turn before continuing on. Arnold said he would sweep, so I pushed my pace and got to the front of the group. From there, I just kept on pushing and left everybody else behind on the gradual climb back to Casey Glen. Kept pushing to the finish, some of the others weren't too far behind. Again, I stayed around until everybody showed up, including Kamal last, then I rode home, following the RB Rd to W Bernardo Dr route. Legs felt fine, I didn't put in a big effort on this day, but I was happy they were okay after not having ridden long distances in a couple of weeks.
Avg speed = 15.5 mph (15.7 mph). Total mileage = 51.6 mi
Avg power = 130 W. Weighted avg power = 162 W
Total elevation gain = 3030' (3370')
Avg heartrate = 122 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 74 (80)
Training Load = 211
Intensity = 74%
When I got home, Ann was out shopping. I did a little bit with reorganizing the camping gear, including putting the mattress back in its bag. Then I went in and ate some lunch. Ann showed up soon after. I then cleaned the dirt of the tent bottom tarp and sent a note to the Big Agnes company about our tent flap zipper repair. Also looked for replacement globes for our Coleman Lantern, found some on Amazon. In the mid-afternoon, I had a nap, was pretty tired from the ride after all. Then I finished cleaning and stowing the tarp, watched a little TV. It was a quiet evening.
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