Day 2 of July and the weather lightened up some more from what we experienced on Saturday. The humidity rested at 37% as I rode out of the driveway at 11:05 and 28% when I pulled in at 1:52. During the ride my perspiration evaporated nicely keeping me cool. When the sun ducked behind the clouds I felt a coolness from the moisture leaving my jersey.<\/p>\n
To not loop back over any of my route I went north to New Caney via the “back way” out of Kingwood. At New Caney I turned to the northwest on FM1485 going to Gene Campbell Road. Up to this point the 10.4 mph breeze offered no resistance as it came from the north. I enjoyed the cooling effect as I made the left turn onto Gene Campbell and pedaled toward FM1314. All this time I expected to be greeted by the usual headwind once I started on FM1314 but not the case. Not to complain spinning along FM1314 was a breeze until I stopped at the Stripes store for a break to drink a Diet Pepsi, eat some crackers and Kashi cookies.<\/p>\n
Normally when I take one of these breaks the sweat drips from my body for awhile until I cool down but today was different and I barely dampened the paper towels I sat on. The temperature range while I was biking: 85 to 92 which is not too bad for July.<\/p>\n
After finishing the rest I moved to the traffic light to cross FM1314 to Old Sorters Road. Unfortunately the sensor does not recognize a bicyclist so I stood there for several minutes until several cars pulled up behind to activate the light change. Finally getting through the light I continued to Briar Tree subdivision and back streets to land at the southbound US59 service road. Traffic was light on the service road and I stayed at a steady pace to Kingwood Drive. My speed was no where near the TDF team time trail though. They averaged over 40 mph while I was at 18 to 20 mph. Over the 34.16 mile<\/strong> route I averaged 16.0 mph which is not too shabby for me. July mileage increased to 70.32<\/strong> and 3396<\/strong> year to date.<\/p>\n Links to the interactive maps and metrics at Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and RideWithGPS.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slideonlyf” album=”183″][\/wppa]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"