I rode today which means it is two days in a row. My home weather station was optimistic with the temperature at 76 degrees when I got back home at 1:33. The wind was chilly and biting whenever I was in the shade. I think it was more like 67. Thank goodness for the sun to warm me up plus I wore a cool weather kit of jacket, shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve jersey and a new pair of Pearl Izumi red gloves. digging around in my closet yesterday I found two new pairs of Voler shorts. I may replace some of the older ones shortly.<\/p>\n
The route was slightly different from the past Oakhurst – Valley Ranch ones. I didn’t go west on Old Sorters Road and FM1314 east to Valley Ranch Parkway. I wanted to ride about 25 miles since I am coming off a period of no riding. I rode 25.25 miles<\/strong> which is pretty close. When I reached Old Sorters Road I turned right to FM1314 and then through Valley Ranch. On US59 south service road I rode all the way to Northpark Drive rather than turning left onto FM1314 and then Loop 494 south to Knox Road. By going to Northpark and then north along US59 I got to the same entrance back to Kingwood but avoided the traffic on Loop 494 and the concrete debris in front of Porter Ready-Mix on the shoulder.<\/p>\n Every time I turned into the wind I was glad I was dressed for it. I could’ve been fooled by my home weather station and paid a chilly price.<\/p>\n I imported the Garmin data into Golden Cheetah but for some reason the summary page did not format right. Hopefully the next ride doesn’t have this problem.<\/p>\n Monday and Tuesday look good weather wise for biking. I plan on taking advantage of it. Wednesday weather takes a dip to cooler temperature maybe below 60.<\/p>\n January mileage is now 73.68. My sit bones are complaining some after the long time of not riding.<\/p>\n [iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/676960363 470px 500px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RidewithGPS<\/strong><\/a> map, metrics and charts.<\/h3>\n