I had intentions of riding Palomar Mountain on my only day off.  I had worked six days this week and wanted something other than riding the local roads.  But after I sent out an email about my intentions some riders reported that there was ice on the upper slopes of Mount Palomar.  So instead I met with Dave Elsberry and we did a century at a good fast pace in Orange County. 

Our century had lots of rolling terrain and some good climbs I hadn’t ridden before.  We had a good ratio for the first 40 miles– 40 miles 4,000 feet of gain. At some point the climbing was less per mile but the intensity made up for it.  I think we are pretty evenly paced and make good riding partners.  I faded on the last 10 miles but I think I just didn’t fuel properly.  I guess I thought “what’s the big deal? It’s just a century.”  I also flatted twice one rear caused by debris in the bike lane and the other a front flat while descending Sliverado Canyon.