2011

Happy New Year! I rang the new year in last night by being in bed by 9pm... man, I'm really getting old. This morning was nice, not too many folks out and about at 7am. Did run across some of the aftermath of last night's festivities. Looked like one new year's eve reveler managed to rear end a parked car at the apartment complex up the street, then that car rear ended another... and the car another... they must not have stayed around admiring their handy work... 2011 is not going to start off well for a few.

I met up with the Chili's crew for the Saturday ride, pretty light turn out, but Marlo from Ranchos and Mike from Jamba were both there... good to see them. The route was the usual, Morena up through the UTC, down to Sorrento Valley, up Carrol Canyon and then the Top Gun back to Kearny Mesa. All in all about 36 miles. The ride is pretty fast up with uphill sprints at the top of La Jolla Colony and Carrol Canyon; and a flat high speed sprint at the end Kearny Villa Road. Felt strong on most of the sections, getting better at being in the right place at the right time....

After rolling back into Kearny Mesa I went back out for some extra credit and linked up a loop out through Lakeside, up Hwy 67, and back down Scripps Poway Parkway. All in all it was about 81 miles with 4500' of climbing.