Mellow Ride to the Beach

Good ride today. New pedals (Look Keo 2 Max Carbon) worked fine. I've been using Look pedals for over 15 years now on road bikes, so no surprises there. New helmet was good too, no complaints. My old helmet was dated to 2002, so it was time for a new one.

Since I'd been off the bike for awhile, my heart rate is still running higher than usual, although it is lower than the previous two rides this week. Went out through Rancho Santa Fe then up and down the coast on Hwy 101. It was just shy of 60 miles at 18 mph average with 3000 feet of climbing. It felt good to get that many miles in. Looks like the rain will hold off tomorrow am and I'll be able to get a ride in with NCCC. Don't want to go back to Ranchos right now. Too painful while I'm still getting my legs back. No herculian efforts tomorrow, that's for sure.

I did keep all my weight off during my time off the bike, which although two weeks doesn't sound like much, the previous month was really limiting on my mileage, so realistically it's been about 6 weeks off my usual 200 miles per week. I should be able to get another 5 pounds off and get the climbing thing where I want. I think 5 pounds will do it. That will put me sub 180 for the first time in decades.

Have a good weekend.