Early in the ride when I was going through South Woodland Hills in Kingwood I caught up with another bicyclist. I was wearing my Texbiker.net jersey and he said he like my blog and reads it regularly. Sadly I did not ask him his name before our routes separated. Later just before I got home there was another biker in front of me on a short section of the green belt trail and it looked like the same guy but I didn’t get close enough to ask.<\/p>\n
Since I aired up the tires it seems like I can hold a higher speed and my average speeds are higher too. Today’s route does have some long sections where I can ride without stops. This helps a lot too. Strava said I had the 3rd fastest time on the Kingwood PL Dr. (1:58) segment.<\/p>\n
Weekend traffic includes many people towing their toys: boats, 4-wheelers and RV’s. I don’t remember seeing any bikes though. Traffic on the ride was not too bad with the wide shoulders on the busiest roads giving me room to ride.<\/p>\n
Weather for Monday looks great for biking: 84 degrees and clear. Tuesday not so good: rain.<\/p>\n
Recap:<\/p>\n
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- 196.75 miles this week<\/li>\n
- 111.09 miles so far in May (compared to 266 miles May 2014)<\/li>\n
- 1780 miles year to date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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