I got out here to San Diego on Sunday afternoon. I did get 2×20’s in on Sunday and hoped to get it out to one of the local group rides yesterday. Unfortunately, a wild fire on the base hosed up the traffic and a late departure from work left me unable to get there. I backed off the intensity then and got in 90 minutes of riding.
Today’s plan was to make it out to Palomar and ride the mountain, but that too was thwarted by a longer work day and I wouldn’t have made it out there in time to get up and down the mountain so I just hopped on and did 90 minutes of recovery.
This whole week was planned to taper into the Tour of Washington County after I get back in town Friday night. The taper isn’t going at all like I’d hoped, but if nothing else, I’ll be fresh!
I’m out here on Camp Pendleton, and I’ve gotta say I’m envious. I did 2×20’s on the base on Monday with NO traffic interruptions. I spun yesterday and today and barely ever had to stop pedaling. Riding on this base is AWESOME. It helps that the base is enormous. It also REALLY helps that it’s pretty much sunny and 65° from sunrise to sunset. So, while my team is back in DC dealing with this:
I’m dealing with this:
Any chance monsoon season will end before I fly back to DC on Friday night?