I was looking forward to spin tonight. After last week, I felt stronger for the Saturday ride and I wanted to keep building up the strength. However, spin wasn’t in the cards for me it would seem as I left my bike trainer in my garage. I don’t know where my mind was, but I did have the luck to pack my helmet so I went for “Plan B”: Mt Soledad repeats
Since we do spin at La Jolla High School, we are just at the bottom of Mt Soledad, which has many nice bike climbs, ranging from a slow climb to a very intense steep ride on Via Capri. The bonus is the wonderful view of San Diego when you reach the top!
I elected to do two repeats up Mt Soledad by way of Nautilus as this was a mid-week ride and the ride this weekend is going to be brutal. The first climb didn’t seem as difficult as I expected and I didn’t max out my HR on the trip up, which was a good sign for me. I did get close to max on the second climb, but I was already working hard and was expected.
8.85 miles in total for both climbs, which is comparable to the milage I usually get during spin, and the time for both loops was 50 minutes. Plus with 1350′ of climbing, it was a good choice for tonight.
As for swim, I didn’t go to because of work.
Here is the summary data and elevation profile from Garmin Connect.
