After all of the rain I looked for a window of opportunity to get out and ride. Checking the weather radar the rain was off in the distance except around New Caney. I wanted to go to the north for some reason and figured the rain would move out and the roads dry off enough to not be a problem. So out the door at 9:14 AM I began my ride. The streets were dry in Kingwood. As I got to Loop 494 and FM1314 the shoulders showed some dampness but not enough to splash. This changed as I got to New Caney. Riding over Caney Creek on Loop 494 the puddles hinted that the rain had not left just before I arrived. No other bicyclists crossed my path. I did notice my chain sported some rust from my one ride on Tuesday so I will need to wax it before riding on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The mild 76 degree temperature at the start was comfortable but the 90% humidity meant sweat would be flowing freely once I got warmed up. By the end of the ride the temperature had increased to 85 degrees. The rain forecast shows 50% dropping to 30% on Monday. The light breeze did not help much.<\/p>\n
With a shortage of miles this week I added a few extra streets to my route going north to Roman Forest Blvd. before turning back south. My route ended up at 33.64 miles<\/strong>. This brought my week miles up to 60.95<\/strong> and July miles now total 143.62<\/strong>. Average speed looked like it would be less than 15 mph but I sped up and moved it up to 15.2 mph with 21.2 mph max speed. Average cadence was 78.3 RPM. YTD miles now total 3457.04<\/strong>. Riding time today: 2:12:30 with 9:53 time stopped.<\/p>\n\n [iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/199100608 98% 800]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/775938\/embed 98% 500]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"