Day 1 Caralsbad week

Workout Summary: Yoga 30'/Run 3.5 miles (30')/Bike 52 (3:30/ 3100 ascent)

Weather in Carlsbad: morningn 52 degrees, sunny, light wind. By end of ride, 60 degrees and cloudy

Yoga for 30 minutes in morning
Then ran nice easy run win Ann
Ate breakfast, then got on bikes for ride around the area to get to know some roads.
Saw Michellie Jones and company within the first 15 minutes of ride. We circled back to ride behind their group thinking they were likely heading out into the hills. They pulled quite a bit ahead, about 1/2 mile, but still in site. Looked like they were just riding south along the coastal highway, so Ann and I eventually turned off and headed east into the hills.

52 miles in 3:30. Out on the road about 4:30 but we stopped a few times, three bike shops to stop in and say hello. Took one road that was hilly but had far too many lights, around 10-15 it seemed. Got hung up at each one too.
Nice elevation gain, 3100 ft. Kept HR in zones 1 and 2.
Plan in to ride Paloma peak monday. The locals have told me its their "alp d huez", meaning the ascent is nearly identical and it also has 21 switch backs. We'll see...I plan on counting the switchbacks. Guy also told me CSC was here last week doing interval training on the hills too.
Another guy we road with for awhile said he ran across Floyd Landis last saturday. He road with Floyd and group for about an hour. They stopped at a store and Floyd bought a donut and drinking a huge energy drink. The guy riding with us told me he said "hey floyd, what the hell are you doing". Floyd responded "I dont care man". This guy said Floyd looked about 25 lbs overweight and has pretty much scratched the season.

Anyway, we plan on swimming monday, then the big ride up Paloma peak. Its about 90 from here to top. We may drive out 10 miles so we dont collapse on the way back. We'll see how it goes. Starting easy, and will build through the week.

Zone summary: bike
1= 88% 3:08
2 = 12% 22 '
Run = 30 min zone 1


Diet:
Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal, 2 small wheat bagels and honey, 16 oz skim milk
Ride: 30 oz carb drink, 30 oz water, carried another 2-30 oz water bottles for added weight.
Recover after ride: 75 g maltodextrin + 25 g protein
Dinner: Chicken breast with a clear wine sauce, mixed vegies, red potatoes. diet shasta and water.