The large cement truck drove by me on the left just south of Roman Forest Blvd. providing a brief vacuum from the wind. I sped up during the few seconds this lasted to prepare for the gust but it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. The bike ride on the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route started off with the wind behind me but at the point I described I faced a headwind. Despite the headwind I built up my overall average speed from 15.0 mph when I entered Tavola to 15.2 mph by the time I stopped at the Stripes station at FM1314.
Pulling into the Stripes station I rolled into the shade and took a picture of my Elemnt screen data of the bike ride up to that point.
The ride when I stopped at Stripes was at 23.3 miles of what would end being 35.04 miles long. Since it was 1:16 I felt confident that I would miss all of the school traffic near the four schools remaining along the route. I went inside and picked up a couple of free ad newspapers to sit on in the shade. One of the pumps were not in service so I selected that spot to sit and eat a Kashi Trail Mix bar along with some animal crackers. The water in my water bottle was enough to wash this down. While I ate I took this screen shot of the weather.
I was surprised by the wind conditions. No wonder it was hard biking from Tavola to the Stripes station. The partly cloudy sky let enough sun through to make my short sleeve jersey selection comfortable. I went back inside Stripes to refill my water bottle for the 11+ miles to finish the ride and about 25 minutes after arriving I clipped back into the pedals and rode to the traffic light to cross FM1314 to ward Briar Tree.
I started the bike ride at 11:42 which helped get passed the schools early and finished at 2:31, about 45 minutes earlier than usual.
The last ride for October is in the books. A recap of my biking activity for the month. (Click on the image to enlarge it)
The goal of 600 miles was left in the dust with 26 bike riding days out of 31. The average bike ride was 33.8 miles long. The longest ride was 51.8 miles and the shortest was 15.5 miles. Year to date I biked 6,812 miles, more than any year.
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