Sunday July 12th

I was set on taking a nice long bike ride to Torrey Pines today to get a feel for one of the notoriouly tough hills that runs along the coast from North County to San Diego up the "Torrey Pines grade." My plans were sidelined somewhat with the triathlon that was being held on the coast in Carlsbad. I made it to Carlsbad, but had to climb over Tamarack and then up and down some pretty good sized hills to La Costa Ave, which was a bit of a challenge for this old guy that is not a hill climber, but I made it to Solana Beach train station and back the same route. Whew! 62 miles total.