Thanks to my wife for giving up some of her Mother’s Day so that I could go riding before we go out to lunch.<\/p>\n
In a constant search for some route variety today I tried a few back streets I have not used before in today’s route combination. I wanted to ride 25 miles or so and ended up with 26.26 miles<\/strong> at 15.5 mph average speed. Looking at my route map today shows an usual shape with the spike over Lake Houston standing out. I chose this in order to get finished around 1:30 so we could get lined up for lunch. My wife wants to go to Spring Creek BBQ and I am not sure how many people will have the same idea. We always wait until mid-afternoon in an attempt to avoid some of the crowd. We will see how that plan works.<\/p>\n Mostly cloudy skies and 80 degrees made for a comfortable ride. The wind had a cool edge to it and my short sleeve jersey was the right wardrobe. I thought it might warm up a few more degrees but not so. Apparently the weather was attractive to the casual bikers as I saw several couples out on the greenbelt trails beside the streets I was on. I did not see any “serious” bikers though.<\/p>\n Since my ride over Lake Houston yesterday someone collected the window screen that was on the shoulder but there was plenty of other obstacles to watch for.<\/p>\n May miles total 105.92<\/strong> and year to date increased to 2199.45 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Tomorrow’s weather looks perfect for riding with clear skies and 84 degrees in the forecast.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slide” album=”146″ size=”auto”][\/wppa]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/1314428\/embed 95% 600px]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/311825360 500px 650px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"