Bike Path X Two Populaire

San Luis Rey River Trail fire. Burned a house here too!

Took a couple of days off the bike to rest up the Tibialis Anterior muscle. The one above the calf on my right leg. Use the ice/heat therapy and it seemed to lessen the pain there. No hurry to start this ride, as when I looked outside early AM, it was super foggy around here in San Marcos. Had to go to Nytro today to get some Carbo-Pro and give Joe a bike referral. Left home before 7 and gingerly headed northward on Centre City Pkwy., soon changing to Old Hwy. 395.

Not much going on as I rolled into Bonsall for a control stop. Picked up a 40 cent thing for a receipt and filled my bottle with ice. Left under clear skies and warming temps. Took off my woolie cap and arm warmers here. Headed westward with a slight tailwind, making the ride real fast on Hwy. 76. Speeds of 25 mph were no problem here. Stopped to help a lady who did an turn/slo crash on the SLR, just after the residential area. Checked out the burned out house by the bike path and followed some MTB rider under College Blvd.

Not much wind on the SLR today. Few riders going toward Oceanside. Passed a gal on a Fuji road bike. Her jersey said: "Ride Like A Ninji". Said "Good Morning" to no response. Real friendlyl!. Rode up on an older lady riding a 80's model woman's bike. She was trying to get up this little rise toward the end of the Bike Path. Dropped a chain. I stopped and offered help, till I saw her chain/driveline gunk! The chain was wedged between the frame and the 1st cog! She said her husband was coming. I suggested he get her a new bike. She like that as I pedaled off quickly.

Stopped by 7-Eleven in Carlsbad. As I was going inside, Bill Stevenson came up to chat. Bill is just back from a multi week trip to Vietnam to visit family. He was with the Thursday ride group, next door having coffee! Nice to see him again. He looked real thin and said he lost 10 lbs over there. Now he looks like Jimbo Wisener! Really go up those hills now. Got a receipt and popped an Advil. Off down the coast. Magee Park bathrooms were closed again. I don't know what's up with that. Picked up a group of "Old Spokes Riding Club" members and rode down the coast with them. Sometimes they would cruise along at 18 mph, next they would slo to 10
mph. I finally went around and stopped at Nytro in Encinitas.

Filled my water bottle there. No Joe. Don't know where he was. Others weren't very friendly, so I sat outside and ate my sandwich and now brown banana. Rolled down the coast among a few racers. Lite bike traffic along the SR-56 Bike Path today. Did my usual stop at the AM/PM @ Camino Del Sur. Proceeded over toward Poway and northward across the pedestrian bridge to Escondido. Need to check out the left turn on Citracado Pkwy. and the back way on Gamble Street to San Marcos. Got a piece of pizza for the wife at San Marcos 7-Eleven and called it a day. Noticed some pain on the right lover Achilles Tendon while riding today. Maybe the sore spot has shifted downward? Just what I need.

Fog to sunny skies
Hi: 84   Lo: 59
81 miles

-randorides