Weeknight Ride - Soledad Mountain

Thursday night spin class was canceled at the end of last week so this week about 10 of my team mates met up at De Anza Cove after work and did a 10-mile ride from the Bay up to the top of nearby Soledad Mountain. Here's the route.











The climb to the top is a very popular cycling route. There is a ride that some of the crazies on the ACE Team do called the Five Faces of Soledad where they go up the mountain via five different progressively more difficult routes one right after the other. I'm going to have to tackle that one of these days.

There is a long steady climb up to the top which was pretty rough in spots. The ride was very enjoyable. The view from the 822-foot peak of the surrounding area was incredible. Fellow B3 Teammate Liz and I were the first to the top and got to enjoy the gorgeous view of the surrounding areas. All of San Diego, particularly La Jolla, was visible. It was very clear so we were actually able to see all the way into Mexico. I'm going to try and remember to bring my camera next week to take some nice photos. Here is a virtual tour you can take if you are interested. Once you have it loaded, use your mouse to "grab" the screen and move it around to get different views.

We waited around for 15 minutes or so for some the others to arrive before heading back. It was starting to get dark and the weather was getting very cold and windy so we headed down for 5 miles of almost all downhill. Yee-haw.