Shorter bike ride than normal for today. I started later after church leaving at 12:15 pm biking the “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch” route for 25.9 miles to close out the week. Due to missing a couple of days the week totaled 149.84 miles and the month to date stands at 666.21 miles leaving 134 miles to reach my 800 mile goal.

Weather during the bike ride: start 91 (59% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph, gusts 17 mph. Finish 92 (63% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 15 mph, gusts 22 mph.

The wind wasn’t very friendly whenever I rode south. The hardest section was from Valley Ranch Texaco to the Northpark Drive u-turn with the strong headwind. The gusts would slow me down to 11 to 12 mph and then I would rebound to 14 mph or 15 mph. I just put my head down and kept pedaling slowly moving the distance number 1/10th of a mile at a time.

PowerPod still will not connect to the Elemnt computer even though the Elemnt shows a connection. Not sure what the problem is and if it can be fixed. To lessen my attention to this problem I adjusted the Elemnt’s screen to not show power readings.

I finished the bike ride at 2:16 pm with plenty of perspiration. Weather forecast for Monday looks favorable for biking, I will be there.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary