This was a nice morning. I woke up, having done the dishes the night before (happy to have gotten that done), and had a bowl of cereal before unloading the dishwasher. Then I got ready for a coffee run bike ride with Andy. Just before the ride I noticed that my rear brake was really grabbing onto the disc, but I didn't have time to replace the brake pads, so I rode that way. Up through the neighborhood, taking the full length of Matinal Cir and getting onto W Bernardo Dr. Over to RB Rd, then up to Bernardo Oaks Dr. He was ready and waiting when I got to his place, and we started rolling right away. I dialed my pace back on this ride to more closely match his speed. We rode to Rios Rd and got over to Pomerado Rd, taking it up to Stowe Dr. We turned here and took it slowly up this gradual climb, riding up to O'Brien's Boulangerie, where we stopped for a break. It was my turn to pay, and we had coffee and shared a pastry. We talked car buying for a while, then brainstormed about the planned bikepacking trip in November. We agreed on a date and a tentative schedule of routes averaging 50-65 miles/day. We also thought to invite Cam and Nel along. After the break we headed back down to Community Rd, turned right there, and took it over to Poway Rd, turning right to see if Andy's Honda SUV was still in the used car lot at Poway Toyota (it was). Then we took Midland Rd over to Twin Peaks Rd and turned right to get up to Espola Rd, where we turned left. Again, slow on this little climb, turning left at the top onto Titan Way to get to Riparian Rd. We rode to Lake Poway Rd and turned left to ride up to the top, do the little loop (counterclockwise), then come back down to Summer Sage Rd. A left turn there, taking it to Bridlewood Rd to get back to Espola Rd, where we turned left. We rode down the hill and turned left on Summerfield Ln to get over to Rios Rd, which took us back to Andy's house. I stopped there briefly, then continued home the normal way via Bernardo Center Dr. It was heating up by the time I got home.
Avg speed = 13.2 mph. Total mileage = 25.4 mi
Avg power = 111 W. Weighted avg power = 139 W
Total elevation gain = 1640'
Avg heartrate = 113 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 28
Training Load = 86
Intensity = 63%
Got home and had some breakfast, I was hungry from the workouts. During the day I replaced the front and rear brake pads on my Canyon. That went pretty smoothly. I also logged a warranty repair case with Canyon about the damage to my bike frame down by the bottom bracket. We will see if they honor the request. Watched a little World Cup on Peacock (Telemundo), where the audio is in Spanish. In the afternoon and evening I worked on creating a model for the Training Load parameter in Strava, which I am guessing is a weighted average of the amount of time spent in the different power zones that are defined by my FTP. Ultimately, I was successful in creating a model that predicts the TL pretty well, just a couple of outliers that I can't explain. I used Claude to perform the multivariate linear regression analysis, and it did a good job.
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