Disruption was the theme for today’s bike ride. I disrupted my Sunday routine by starting the ride 1 minute after sunrise at 6:20 AM. With a time limit I chose the “Kingwood to FM1960” route and rode 20.56 miles improving the week’s total to 224.45 miles and June to 257.49 miles, 32% of the way to my 800 mile goal.
With the early ride I will rearrange which church service I go to from 9 AM to 11:15 AM which will be different.
Starting that early the weather was cooler but the humidity was 97% so I left the arm sleeves off and wore shorts and a short sleeve jersey. When I finished at 7:52 AM I was dripping with sweat from the humidity. Afternoon finishes don’t include all of the sweat since the heat is high enough to evaporate away. Weather during the ride: start 72 (97% humidity), fair, wind calm. Finish 74 (97% humidity), fair, wind NE 4 mph.
Sunrise was beautiful and I stopped on this bridge along Kingwood Drive to take these photos.
From there I rode south on W. Lake Houston Parkway and onto Upper Lake Drive. I should’ve watched closer on Upper Lake for the entrance to the Atascocita Hike & Bike Trail but I didn’t think it began there. At Kings Park Way a left turn and onto the greenbelt took me to an entrance to the hike & bike trail which I followed to W. Lake Houston Parkway by the Capital One Bank. Think it ended there I took these photos.
But when I looked at the map in the second photo I saw the trail went farther south. I didn’t have time to ride it today but I will in the future.
At this point I made a turn around and headed back to Kingwood. I passed several people out walking and some had their dogs with them; I waved or said hello to many of them. By now the sun was above the trees and the sky was a bright blue. Traffic was starting to stir but not too much. It felt different biking so early but the scenes were gorgeous.
Monday weather will continue the heat and dryness. I plan on biking.
Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles
2018 miles continue to lead 2019 but 2019 leads all of the years.
