Slept pretty well but got up a little early (<>). I got ready for the Bisikleta ride, which was a shorter one because of the Christmas party. I left early enough to be able to ride through the neighborhood and then take the new extended route through the 4S Ranch neighborhood. When I got to the 4S Target, Perse was the only other rider in the parking lot, and I was concerned that it would be a very light turnout. But people started showing up, and by the end we had ten riders, more than we have had in a while. Here were the riders who started with us: Perse, Ray, Jed, Arnold, James, Kamal, Aaron, Fritz, and Cam. It was a little foggy when I had ridden over, and as we rode out CdS we started seeing some of this foggy layer. Wasn't too long before Aaron zoomed out in front of us, he needed to ride quickly to get home and go pick up his son from UCR. The fog got thicker and mistier as we turned onto San Dieguito Rd, and it was thick, with wet roads, at the bottom of the hill. Right on El Apajo, and over Via de Santa Fe to Calzada del Bosque, taking it up to Linea del Cielo. The pace was about average up to the climb, and I got out in front and pushed it a bit. Cam was able to stay fairly close to me, and others, Arnold next, made it to the top. I ended up setting a PR (4:09, 262 W, 148 bpm) on this climb, which is the third-fastest ever on Strava for someone in my age group, pretty cool. We took Linea del Cielo nearly into downtown RSF, turning left on El Fuego to bypass the village and get over to La Granada. A left turn there and the short, sharp climb followed. I got out in the lead again, Perse tried to follow and went into the red, without my knowing it. To La Bajada and down the hill to turn onto RSF Rd, taking it up to Manchester Ave, where we turned left. We stayed on this road through the left turn and after it turned into San Elijo Ave. Stopped briefly at the 7-Eleven at the corner of Chesterfield Dr, where Fritz said he needed to get back soon and didn't want to take a long break. So he, Kamal, and I left early, taking Chesterfield Dr over to PCH and heading back south. We made pretty good time, Fritz and I generally traded leads and didn't push the pace so hard that we would drop Kamal. Back to VdlV, taking that to ECR and over to San Dieguito Rd. We started out riding together on the flats here, but at some point when I was in the lead we dropped Kamal. We waited for him by the gas station before the Three Witches climb, and he told us to ride ahead, he was going to turn right on CdS anyway. So Fritz and I rode up the first two pitches of the climb together, I was riding at his pace. On the final pitch, I got in front and turned it up a notch, and Fritz couldn't keep up. We connected back at the turn onto CdS and rode together the rest of the way back to the Target parking lot.
Avg speed = 16.7 (16.9) mph. Total mileage = 41.5 mph.
Bisikleta route avg speed = 17.6 mph
Avg power = 149 W. Weighted avg power = 180 W
Total elevation gain = 2340' (2660')
Avg heartrate = 127 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 72 (73)
Training Load = 187
Intensity = 82%
I didn't stay long there, rode back home the straight shot way to save time. Ann had gone to World Market, so I started in on the to-do list that she had made. I swept the front porch and put up some solar lights along the sidewalk by the east side of the house. When she got back, I made a run to Von's, actually two runs, since I forgot to buy the ice on the first run. Frustrating! Loaded the drinks into the coolers, then I made the eggnog base, which involves a lot of stirring while the mixture heats up. The custard got just a bit lumpy because I was using the wrong thermometer to monitor the temperature, but it ended up tasting okay. Had a shower and changed, then folks started showing up a little after 2:00. There was a ton of good, and it seemed like everybody brought something to drink, even though we had stocked up on drinks ourselves. We had a very good turnout, and all seemed to have a good time, although the relatively few kids were probably bored. Had dinner, then after dinner we handed out awards, which were a hit, and held the raffle drawings. Ann and I ended up winning the grand prize, a 43" TV, not sure what we will do with it, maybe Emily and Caleb will take it. Everybody left by about 7:30, and we didn't have a whole lot to do for clean-up. Did that, then went to lay down and rest/recover from the party.
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