I chose the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route for today’s bike ride. I wanted to add 30+ miles to the week and month totals and I biked 34.47 miles accomplishing those goals. This puts the week at 107.8 miles and the month at 265.33 miles.
Start time was later than yesterday coming at 10;22 am. The delay was because I watched the finish of the Tour of Poland stage 5 and the opening stage of the Vuelta a Burgos. After I finish writing this I will watch the Tour of Utah and then the Volta a Portugal. Lots of bike racing going on. With the later start the weather was warmer but the sun continues to shine. There was .27″ rain yesterday afternoon which was okay since I already finished my bike ride. Weather during today’s bike ride: start 89 (69% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 6 mph. Finish 93 (55% humidity), partly cloudy, wind W 5 mph.
When I rode into Tavola I stopped and took these photos. In the first photo there were three ducks swimming near the edge closest to me but when I took the photo they went behind the cut off cattails. The third photo shows land being cleared in the background. Smoke can be seen in the trees as the brush is burned.
Nothing out of the ordinary on today’s bike ride. The wind was light which allowed me to build my overall average speed to 14.2 mph and hold it there from about mile 9 until mile 32 when I got back into Kingwood. The Canyon Endurace Cf SLX now has 4,570 miles. I finished the bike ride at 1:00 pm.
Contrary to what Strava.com shows my average power was 131 watts with a max of 385 watts. I am not sure what formula Strava uses.
More typical August weather on tap for Thursday. I will bike on roads that I haven’t been on in many years on Thursday.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
