My usual early Saturday morning start for biking got delayed today while I waited for the temperature to get in the 70’s and watching stage 8 of the Giro d’Italia. I read the newspaper too (probably a waste of time). Wheels rolled at 10:45 AM as I started the ride on my Lynskey R300. Since I missed the last 2 days due to Hurricane Delta I decided to ride longer than my usual Saturday. Due to the construction on FM 2100 I rode to Ramsey Road and back on what I will label the “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Walden” route for 36.16 miles. Missing those 2 days means this won’t be a 200 mile week though. My week total moved to 142.56 miles with Sunday still left I can bump it higher. Today’s route name is new but all of the roads and streets are ones I bike on frequently.
Those 2 missed days impacted my standing on my 615 mile goal for October but I am still ahead of the pace I need to get there.
I have to agree with Strava that today’s bike ride was harder than my usual effort. The light wind helped some but I think the biggest contributor was the 2 days of not biking. I built my average speed up to 14.5 mph and held it there for a number of miles.
A few cyclists crossed my route but I suspect more finished before I got started.
Weather conditions: start 75 (85% humidity, 70.2 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 5 mph. Finish 84 (66% humidity, 71.8 dew point), fair, wind NW 8 mph. I wore a short sleeve action fabric T-shirt under my short sleeve jersey because of the coolness at the start along with arm sleeves for sun protection. At the beginning I thought maybe the extra T-shirt was too much making me feel hot but that went away after awhile.
The PowerPod bike ride data charts show the wind direction change after I made the turn around at Ramsey Road. Riding there I thought the wind would be a tailwind on the way back but instead it was a headwind though not so strong and I held my pace, mostly.
Relive.cc recounts today’s ride in under a minute.
