Biking Log: 18+ miles from Mira Mesa up to Highway 56 Bike

This morning I started riding from home and head toward I-5 (Sorrento Valley) and head up north to get to Highway 56 Bike Path, then finally loop back home through Black Mountain Road.

This is my first ride that consist of a long steady hill (not sure what the grade is), but base on Gmaps Pedometer, the elevation changes from 33 ft to 574 ft in the span of 7.5 miles from mile marker 7 to mile marker 14.5. I've not sweated like today for a long time. This route is a very nice work out and took me about 1 hour 45 minutes. During the ride, I noticed I can't seems to shift to the largest crank (gear) in the front. I will need to take a look at the bike to see what is going on.

See the route here: Click "Elevation" large to see the elevation changes.

I probably will start to ride this very same route during weekday after work since I won't need to pack up the bike and drive to some place else. And also this route consist a nice long hill which is good to prepare me for the Torreny Pine Hill.

When I got home, I also found out that my road clipless pedal (Shamino Ultegra Road Pedal) has arrived and now I just need to pick up a SPD-SL road shoe and get familiar with riding clipless setup.