Woke up early, around 5:00, with just enough sleep to be ready for a ride with Paula, who drove over to the house to start from here. I also cleaned the kitchen before I left, more breakfast dishes waiting for me when I got home. She showed up and we had a quick look at her bike to see what might be causing the chain skipping she occasionally sees. I adjusted the position of the rear derailleur, and we got ready to leave. Down by the park, across the pedestrian bridge, then taking Via Rancho Pkwy west to Bernardo Ln, turning right there. I'd never been up this little climb, and it turned out to be not as steep as I thought it would be. We then rode down Bernardo Ave to Gamble Ln, turning left and riding up into the neighborhood at the top of the hill. This road has a couple of quite steep pitches near the top, but we made it okay. We used Scenic Trail Way to get over to Citracado Pkwy and took that west, past Valley Pkwy and down to Harmony Grove Village Pkwy. Used that to get to Harmony Grove Rd, then enjoyed the general downhill ride to the turn onto Elfin Forest Rd. We stayed together on this stretch, then I got out in front on the climb up toward San Elijo Hills. I waited at the top of the climb for Paula, then we rode together into the village, turning on San Elijo Rd and riding down just past the gas station, stopping there to take a picture by the fountain. We continued on to RSF Rd, turning left and riding up this little climb. Near the top, we turned off onto a gravel path that got us over to Old RSF Rd, which has been turned into a bike and pedestrian path. This got us down to La Costa Ave, where we turned left and rode to Calle Timiteo, turning right and taking it to Camino de Los Coches, where we turned right and got back to RSF Rd. Left turn there and then a right on Calle Barcelona, followed by a right on Paseo Almendro. We then took a bunch of neighborhood streets to get over to ECR, where we turned right at the turn where Catalin had crashed into Eric on a previous ride. We rode up to the entrance to the La Costa Omni resort and turned right, riding through the main resort center to get to Estrella de Mar Rd, which we took through the neighborhood, across Alga Rd, and then to Poinsettia Ln. We stopped briefly before this turn, then continued on up to Melrose Dr, turning left and then taking a right on Rancho Bravado followed by a left on Paseo Valindo to get to Palomar Airport Rd. A right turn there and a short stretch up to White Sands Dr, where we turned left and stopped shortly after for pictures and another break. This road descends, then climbs at 7-8% until a left turn onto Coast Ave, where the climb continues at 8-9% until the summit. Then we descended to Island Dr, which dropped us back onto RSF Rd. We rode up to the right turn on Camino del Arroyo Dr, which took us into the Lake San Marcos neighborhood (a favorite of Paula's). Left on Hermosita Dr and then another left on San Marino Dr to ride over the bridge across the lake to get to San Pablo Dr, where we turned left. A subsequent right turn to stay on San Pablo Dr until we turned left on La Noche Dr to get over to McMahr Rd, where a left turn got us to Discovery St. We took this to Barham Dr, past CSUSM, turning right on La Moree Rd to do the little climb and descent on this road and get back to Barham Dr. We turned right there and took it to Mission Rd, another right turn and then a third right onto Auto Park Way. We climbed up to Citracado Pkwy, turned right there and continued the climb past the hospital, then stayed on this road until turning right onto Valley Pkwy. Paula was slowing down more than I was by this time, so I was creating gaps whenever we were climbing. We turned right and rode down to Via Rancho Pkwy, then rode home from there the normal way via the pedestrian bridge, stopping briefly at the Chevron station for a break where Paula had something to eat before tackling the last two little climbs back to the house. Was a good ride, just about ideal temperature. The sun also basically stayed behind the clouds, which was helpful. Still, I was tired the previous day, so I didn't set many records on this ride.
Avg speed = 13.6 mph. Total mileage = 45.8 mi
Avg power = 116 W. Weighted avg power = 154 W
Total elevation gain = 3720'
Avg heartrate = 109 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 49
Training Load = 185
Intensity = 70%
Got home, had a few little snacks and watched some Giro coverage before using the wet-vacuum to clean the downstairs floors. I also did a second kitchen cleaning. That took me to lunchtime, I was more hungry by this time. Relaxed and had a little nap in the early afternoon, then I went out in the front yard and tracked down three broken drip sprinklers and a fourth non-operational one. I also respliced the electrical wires for sprinkler line 1. That was enough sprinkler maintenance for one day for me. Later, I cleaned and rewaxed chain #2 for my Canyon. Watched more Giro coverage before dinner, then some TV as well. After dinner I did the dishes and cleaned the kitchen counters. I also figured out how to reconnect my electronic shifting to my Wahoo so it displays the selected gear. Had a shower as well, it was about time. The rest of the evening was quiet.
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