Sunshine came in my windows as I prepared to leave on today’s bike ride. Selecting my usual Saturday route, “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” the Canyon Endurace rolled out the driveway at 10:57 AM. But clouds slowly moved in hiding the sun and making it feel cooler. I hoped once I got warmed up the wind chill would be less noticeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal was to ride at least 27 miles to hit 200+ miles for the week and I surpassed that biking 33.11 miles<\/strong> putting the week ‘s total at 207.02 miles<\/strong> and the month at 352.06 miles<\/strong>. With 19 more potential riding days my 630 mile goal for April looks doable. Sunday is my last day to Zwift and reach my 30 mile goal for April but I don’t know if that will happen. Sunday’s afternoon weather forecast looks favorable for outdoor riding in place of Zwift. If so, I will fall short of the Zwift goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While it was 77 degrees at the start with the increasing cloud cover at the 1:28 PM finish it dropped to 75. during that time the wind increase from 7 mph to 15 mph from the SE. This added to the chilling effect making me glad I chose to wear a long sleeve jersey, short sleeve jersey, and shorts. If it was overcast at the start I might have opted for a jacket instead of the long sleeve jersey. More detailed bike ride weather: start 77 (67% humidity, 65.0 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 7 mph. Finish 75 (80% humidity, 68.4 dew point), overcast, wind SE 15 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Highlights from today’s bike ride. 33.11 miles compressed into 8 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n