{"id":677,"date":"2013-05-25T17:26:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-26T00:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/swim\/?p=677"},"modified":"2013-05-25T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T02:47:48","slug":"dead-batteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/swim\/dead-batteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead Batteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Charmaine and I went for a big ride with a good amount of climbing today. I made the mistake of not bringing my battery pack to keep my phone charged as we rode. I probably had enough juice to make it home, but when we stopped for lunch in Oceanside I was concerned, so I paused Strava and killed all my other apps. Unfortunately, I forgot to unpause it for the ride home, so it looks like I stopped there at mile 68, but we really rode about 90 miles when all was said and done.<\/p>\n<p><iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/app.strava.com\/activities\/56264975\/embed\/3320fd7b86b280f3074bcc36995b69703adb7a4d'><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As we started our ride up San Dieguito Road a peloton showed up behind us. We rode tight to the right, expecting them to pass us at any moment, but they didn&#8217;t. They didn&#8217;t even catch up to us until we hit a red light waiting to turn right onto Via de Santa Fe. I lead the group through the flats and up the first climb on Via De La Valle. Somewhere along the way I realized Charmaine had dropped off the back of the group, so I pulled off to the side and let everyone pass. I thought it would be good for us to ride up Del Dios Highway with the group, but they were pretty far ahead of us. I challenged Charmaine to catch back up to them and during the ride across Paseo Delicias we did.<\/p>\n<p>I had to ride my brakes as we made the descent from Paseo Delicias to the bottom of Del Dios Highway so that I wouldn&#8217;t pass the group. That turned out to be very wise. I rode with the group up the two big climbs of Del Dios. The group wound up splitting in two and I kept chasing down the lead group but each time I caught up someone would drop off and take me with them. Eventually I caught up and kept up, but them they all turned right to go south to Rancho Bernardo, but we stayed straight and finished the climb into Escondido.<\/p>\n<p>From Escondido we headed north to Fallbrook. There was a steep climb followed by a steep descent before we made it to Fallbrook. During the steep descent I had a feeling that I shouldn&#8217;t trust the road. It had been pretty rough through the flat, but it was smooth on the way up. I rode my brakes a bit, but still got moving pretty fast. It was steep enough that I would have easily hit 45 or 50 mph without riding my brakes. Luckily I didn&#8217;t let myself get going that fast, because my front tire unexpectedly went flat in the middle of the descent.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly I had no control over my bike. I knew something was very wrong. I put on my brakes, and my bike veered to the left. The hill was steep and I was still going really fast. I couldn&#8217;t get myself slowed down and I couldn&#8217;t stay out of traffic. I don&#8217;t remember being so nervous on a ride before. Luckily there were no cars coming either direction. I eventually slowed down enough to regain control and pull my bike to the side of the road. I had a tack in my tire. I certainly didn&#8217;t expect that. I thought maybe I would hit a pothole and pinch the tube. I&#8217;m just glad I didn&#8217;t crash at 30 or 40 mph going down that hill. I&#8217;m just glad there were no cars on the road when I couldn&#8217;t keep myself out of the lane. I was pretty shaken up. Charmaine changed my tube and I pumped it up with her miniature pump. It worked really well. I took my time getting going again because I was still nervous.<\/p>\n<p>The ride through Fallbrook was really nice, much nicer than I expected. We thought about stopping for lunch in Fallbrook, but we were feeling really good so we rode on to Oceanside. In Oceanside we stopped for lunch at a little place by the beach. It wasn&#8217;t very good, but the orange juice was great. While sitting there I noticed my battery was getting low, so I paused Strava and killed the rest of my apps. They took their sweet time getting our food out to us, and by the time we got on the road again I forgot to restart it. So my ride on Strava says I stopped in Oceanside after only 68 miles, but we finished the ride home.<\/p>\n<p>I was feeling really good&#8230; almost invincible. I rode up hills like they weren&#8217;t even there. I didn&#8217;t feel tired at all. I rode up through Del Mar without even breathing hard. It was amazing. I even considered riding the whole bike trail along the 56 before going home, and Charmaine said we could. But I had to pee, so we went home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charmaine and I went for a big ride with a good amount of climbing today. I made the mistake of not bringing my battery pack to keep my phone charged as we rode. 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