I stopped to think as I got ready to ride. I almost forgot what wardrobe goes with the weather conditions. After a couple of minutes it came to me and I pulled out a long sleeve jersey, shorts and the new windbreaker jacket. I thought this would be warm enough based on my walking around outside but when I rolled out the driveway I thought leg warmers would’ve been nice and maybe a second jersey but I kept riding. It was 67 degrees and overcast so not much warmth came from the sun. It took about 6 miles before I started to feel comfortable by then I came into some light drizzle\/mist just north of Lake Houston in Kingwood. This drizzle stayed with me until I crossed over W. Lake Houston Parkway and rode south on Pinehurst Trail Drive.<\/p>\n
Thoughts of shortening the ride from 31 miles to 23 or so crossed my mind not wanting to get caught in real rain but I pressed on and when I reached FM1960 to cross over into Walden the drizzle went away. From then on until I got home the drizzle stayed away.<\/p>\n
The route through Atascocita, Walden and Huffman totaled 32.39 miles<\/strong>, almost as much as the two previous rides in 2014. Between the cold spells and rain yesterday riding days have been few. So far I’ve rode 68.22 miles<\/strong> this year. Not much but the weather forecast says the next two days should be clear and in the 60’s. If this happens I plan on biking.<\/p>\n In January 2013 I rode 11 days for a total of 309.39 miles<\/strong>. I will need to pickup the pace if I want to match that.<\/p>\n I included a slide of the weather radar when I finished the ride. Several patches of rain were in the area looking for me to rain on.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slideonlyf” album=”279″ size=”auto”][\/wppa]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/427714020 470px 570px]<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/2146890\/embed 90% 700px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"