Woke up early and started getting ready for a bike ride with Paula from our house. It was cool at the start, not cold, and I dressed warmly enough (long-sleeve undershirt and long-fingered gloves) to be comfortable. She had made the route, which contained some familiar roads and some new neighborhoods. Left the house around 7:00, taking Aguamiel Rd up to Duenda Rd and then over to Cabela Dr. From there it was to Matinal Rd and the normal way out of the neighborhood to RB Rd. Over to CdS and then down to San Dieguito Rd, taking it down the hill to El Apajo and Via de Santa Fe to get to Calzada del Bosque. We rode into RSF, taking Los Arboles to Via del Alba, turning right and heading up to La Gracia, where we turned left. We stopped at a place where we had taken a picture before to take several more, then took that road into the village via La Flecha. Left on Avenida de Acacias, then over to Linea del Cielo to head out of the village. We turned right on Ave Maravillas and then left onto El Secreto, which has a very nice winding downhill to Rambla de Las Flores. A right turn there, then over to La Granada, where we turned left and rode up the short climb to Los Morros. I waited for Paula at the turn onto La Bajada, and we dropped down to RSF Rd, turning there and riding to the Champagne Bakery for a break. I had a coffee, and Paula had a tea. Nice little break, it was a beautiful day. We took Manchester Ave the short distance to Encinitas Blvd and rode up to Willowspring Dr, turning right. Then we took a number of streets through this neighborhood, crossing Olivenhain Rd and eventually getting over to Calle Barcelona, where we turned right and rode back across RSF Rd, turning right on Via San Clemente and then right again on Camino Coronado, which wound around until we turned left onto Avenida Anacapa. Followed this road around until another left turn onto Calle San Blas, taking us to Calle Acervo, which I remembered from previous rides. A right turn there, a little climb, then we dropped back down to RSF Rd. I waited for her at the turn, then we continued on familiar roads. Down to El Camino del Norte, turning left and taking this climb, initially riding together until I passed her about 2/3 of the way up. I waited at the top of the climb and captured a video of her coming around the corner and stopping. We took a short break there, then continued on over to Del Dios Hwy, turning there and heading to Escondido. We stayed together up to just before the climb started. Had a nice tailwind helping us along. I was initially thinking about staying with Paula on the climb, but the tailwind encouraged me to push the pace and see how fast I could make the climb. I ended up setting two PRs, one for the first climb up to the dam (5:52, 254 W, 149 bpm) and one for the climb from the shallow part up to the spot just beyond the tree (10:18, 229 W, 146 bpm). I waited for Paula there, then we rode at the same pace to Rancho Dr, turning there and heading down the short steep hill to Lake Dr and along the lakeside. This is a really nice drive. We stopped for pictures with the Hodgee sculpture, then rode up to Via Rancho Pkwy. I took it easy, but if I pushed it I might be able to make it into the top 10 for this climb in my age group. Rode together up the modest climb on Via Rancho Pkwy, I passed her near the top so I could take the descent in front. Down to the freeway, and from there it was the normal way home via the pedestrian bridge. Paula was slow on the last couple of short climbs, I think it was a good distance for her to ride before she ran out of gas.
Avg speed = 14.4 mph. Total mileage = 42.4 mi
Avg power = 127 W. Weighted avg power = 167 W
Total elevation gain = 3510'
Avg heartrate = 113 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 51
Training Load = 198
Intensity = 76%
We had some cookies when we got back home, she told Ann and me the crazy story of Ivana riding her e-bike in the dark down Twin Oaks Valley Rd. Yikes! Afternoon and evening were quiet on this day. I cleaned all of the downstairs floors as well as the kitchen. In the evening I finished Empire of AI, it was quite interesting if a little biased against OpenAI, Sam Altman, and the pace of AI development in general. But the author Karen Hao made some very good points about the environmental impact of the new LLM infrastructure, Boomers vs. Doomers, the attempted OpenAI Board dismissal of Sam Altman, and the premise of huge data input that modern AI chatbots are built on. Was tired from the day, so I went to sleep a little early.
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