Gran Fondo
This year, while it was a cold morning (relative - it's San Diego) the day ended up being beautiful and the ride was a lot of fun.
Here are some pictures starting, appropriately enough, at the start:
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Here's the gang at the turnaround:
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And at the finish, almost five hours after we began:
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Here's the route, which included a turn through the Olympic Training Center and around beautiful Otay Lake.