In a bid to start earlier and finish before the afternoon rain could catch me I rolled away on today’s bike ride at 9:43 AM. I decided to watch stage 19 of the Tour when I got back. The bike for today’s ride was my Lynskey R300. I chose my “Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood” route. On the return to Kingwood as I rode south on Valley Ranch Parkway I had to alter the route because a concrete truck blocked the lane and I didn’t want to wait. A couple of cars waiting were turning around and I figured they waited awhile. That may be the reason today’s distance was a little shorter than my average for this route on the 9 trips in 2021.

With today’s 30.64 miles I am in a good position to hit a 200 mile week on tomorrow’s bike ride. The week now totals 187.37 miles. July got to less than 300 miles to my 800 mile goal with 528.85 miles. I missed one biking day so far in July and average 35.26 miles per ride. To meet my goal I need to bike 25.81 miles per day. I am ahead of that pace (412.9 miles) by almost 116 miles. Can I keep this pace for the rest of July? If I can is a 1000 mile month possible?

Weather conditions continue below a normal July. Some clouds looked like they contained rain during the ride. Getting above 90 degrees has not happened. After the ride I could hear thunder. I finished at 12:16 PM and avoided getting caught in the rain. Weather for the bike ride: start 84 (78% humidity, 76.7 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph; finish 86 (70% humidity, 75 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph. Humidity makes for a muggy ride, almost like in the rain.

My legs felt tired today. No zip and though the wind wasn’t that strong on the ride south back to Kingwood keeping my speed above 15 mph was a struggle. Strava says today’s ride was harder than my usual efforts. I agree. (Click the Strava image to go to the activity)