I delayed the start of today’s ride until after we ate lunch. The plan was to wait for the temperature to warm up and it worked. When I started the ride at 1:47PM it was 71 degrees. I did not let this fool me though. I wore a long sleeve jersey and my windbreaker jacket but no leg warmers. For the first half hour I thought maybe I should have added the leg warmers but as my legs warmed up and I spent some time in the sun I got comfortable. At least one other bicyclist agreed me with me; he passed me around the 2.1 mile point dressed like me. Scattered clouds meant the sun was in and out but fortunately there was no wind.<\/p>\n
My route went south today through Atascocita and then Walden at Lake Houston but different from the route two days ago. I avoided going over Lake Houston because the breeze blowing over the lake onto the road was probably very chilly. This route was 23.28 miles<\/strong> long. Thanks to the somewhat mild weather the last three days this is the first time I was able to ride three days in a row since December 17 to 19 last year. So I was able to ride 73.01 miles<\/strong> this week and increase the January total miles to 122.39<\/strong>. I am now only 145 miles away from last January’s total miles. Monday and Tuesday will probably be in the mid-60’s so I hope I can get on the bike.<\/p>\n Links to Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and ridewithgps.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slideonlyf” album=”77″ size=”auto”][\/wppa]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"