Riding along the bike trail on Kingwood Drive there is a bridge just before the HEB store. The last few rides there has been a turtle sitting on a stump sticking up from the water. Today I was a turtle. The legs just didn’t want to move fast. Usually I shift into the big gear around 9 miles but today it was 15 miles as I crossed Lake Houston going east. I was riding the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route so no surprises on where I was going.<\/p>\n
The weather was great for riding. Scattered clouds and a light 7 mph breeze stayed the whole ride. The temperature at the 10:09 start was 91 (70% humidity) rising to 95 (59% humidity) when I finished at 1:05.<\/p>\n
Stopping at the Huffman Chevron was greatly appreciated. I stayed about 35 minutes eating, drinking and drying off with the gentle breeze under the pump canopy. I was slow to get back on the bike to head home to complete the 32.64 mile<\/strong> ride. To show how slow I was I only averaged 14.9 mph. Of the 7 laps I only averaged more than 15 mph on three of them. No wonder the average speed fell below my preferred 15+ mph.<\/p>\n Mile markers<\/p>\n Friday’s weather should be warmer and clear. Maybe my legs will move faster.<\/p>\n [wppa type=”slide” album=”386″ size=”auto”]Any comment[\/wppa]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
Links to Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and RideWithGPS<\/strong><\/a>.<\/h3>\n