Slept well in my own bed after a long previous travel day. Got up and got ready for a bike ride with John. This time I was intent on not being too late or having to rush. Was overcast and cool but not cold, although I was glad I wore gloves and long sleeves. Headed over the normal way, not scorching the pace in anticipation of a possible long ride on Thursday. Jayden and Vivian came out when I got there, and Jayden flagged us off. We headed back down the hill and then took Sabre Springs Pkwy over to the 56 bike path, including turning on Evening Creek Dr, climbing Sabre Hill Dr and then descending back to Evening Creek Dr to get back to Sabre Springs Pkwy. We stayed on the 56 bike path over to Camino del Sur, turned right there and rode up to Carmel Valley Rd. On that little climb, I wasn't going too fast but still gapped John. I waited for him after the turn and didn't see when he passed me, so I had to hustle for a bit to catch up to him. We rode back to the 56 bike path and headed east. I stayed at his pace on the gradual climb, passed him and slowed down but still got out in front of him. Waited for him to catch up, then I ended up unintentionally gapping him again on the way over to CdS. We turned there and rode down to Park Village Rd, using it to get to Black Mountain Rd. Here I was determined not to get way out in front, so I dialed the pace way back, and we were able to basically stay together. Down the hill on Black Mountain Rd to Mercy Rd, turning there and riding back up to the freeway. Again, this time I sat on his wheel, and we slowly plodded up the steeper part of this climb. We stayed together as it got more gradual on Scripps-Poway Pkwy, taking it to Springbrook Dr. Back to his house the normal way from there, again staying together. John was pretty slow on this ride, not sure if he is generally slowing down or just working to get back into cycling shape.
Avg speed = 15.2 mph. Total mileage = 43.6 mi
Avg power = 133 W. Weighted avg power = 162 W
Total elevation gain = 2650'
Avg heartrate = 116 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 52
Training Load = 180
Intensity = 74%
Got home, had time to shower and relax a bit before my volunteer shift. I had bought a new portable backup HDD, and I finished creating another backup of our key data files. Headed to the hospital, had lunch there, then did my shift. Nothing extraordinary. Somebody had died earlier in the day, so one of the rooms was unavailable for about the first half of my shift. I got busy in the middle and stayed that was more or less until the end of the shift. Rode home, had dinner, then watched some TV with Ann. Afterwards, I went through some orientation material for the San Diego Humane Society before scheduling an orientation meeting for this Sunday. Watched a little more TV before heading off to bed to read before going to sleep.
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