After two days off the bike I got to ride again. Sunday we spent driving back from Wichita Falls and yesterday we got some badly needed rain. After the Hotter’N Hell 100 sometimes I have a let down but I haven’t noticed it this year. Maybe since I finished the ride with energy left and the drive back home was okay except for missing the turn on US287 in Fort Worth I did not experience a let down.<\/p>\n
The remodeling continued today at our house so my ride was delayed until my wife got home from working at church. I rolled out the driveway at 2:24 and returned at 5:07. I rode to Huffman on my usual route going north on E. Lake Houston Parkway so I could stop at Dollar General on FM2100 for some oatmeal cookies. When we were in Wichita Falls there was a Dollar General store across the parking lot from our hotel. Saturday evening before eating supper we browsed the store and I noticed a 7 oz. package of oatmeal cookies for $1. I like oatmeal cookies so I thought I would sample them during today’s ride. They were okay but not as good as the Kashi oatmeal cookies; I will stay with the Kashi cookies. Stopping at the Huffman Chevron I ate half of the cookies with a Diet Pepsi.<\/p>\n
I biked 32.64 miles<\/strong> today at a 15.4 mph average speed. This puts me within .o4 of mile<\/strong> of the 721 mile<\/strong> goal for the month at 720.96 miles<\/strong>. Year to date totals 4972 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n After yesterday’s rain the sky turned to scattered clouds and the temperature during the ride was 92 to 93 degrees. The humidity was not that bad at 42%. usually after rain it shoots up. The heat intensity is lower than last week but it should move up as the week progresses.<\/p>\n Tomorrow’s forecast: 97 degrees, 20% chance of thunderstorms. I plan on biking after watching the Vuelta a Espana.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slide” album=”230″ size=”auto”][\/wppa]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/366305843 470px 570px]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/1708714\/embed 95% 700px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"