Today's ride started out as basic super loop, except I turned left on Carmel Valley Road and biked along the coast to Encinitas. I turned around at Raul's Authenic Mexican Food, and got a Carne Asada Burrito. It was OK, but I wouldn't go there again.

On the way back, before going down the hill into Del Mar, it popped into my head: Why not take Via De La Valle to El Camino Real to finish the superloop?

Well there are a couple reasons why not: Via de la Valle, while mostly a very good road, has about a half mile of stoplight, turn lane onto freeway, stoplight another turn lane onto freeway, stoplight exit off freeway, stoplight, turnlane into mall, stoplight stoplight stoplight -- all with lots of traffic. Plus, El Camino Real starts out very narrow: There's no bike lane, and no shoulder. You gotta right straight and narrow to avoid plowing off the road. And then it turns into a pretty big hill -- bigger than I remember from driving it!

By the time I resumed the Superloop, I was Superpooped. I had to keep a much slower pace than last week, heart-rate wise (usually about 160 instead of 175).

Total Milage according to bike computer: 40.5 Total Milage according to GMaps Pedometer: 40.25 Average Speed: 12mph Max Speed: 38.5 Calories burned, according to my heart monitor watch: 3371

Time to take a nap and fix my dad's router....