Earlier this week a town in north Texas between Wichita Falls and Amarillo set record temperature of 117 degrees. I was telling my wife about it and she asked me if it was that hot when we go to the Hotter’n Hell Hundred in late August would I ride. I have ridden there when it was approaching 110 degrees but I was much younger than I am now so I am not sure if I would brave that temperature and ride 75 miles. Maybe by then the hot temperature and lack of rain will be a thing of the past.

It wasn’t in the past for this evening’s ride with 97 degrees at the start and 91 degrees at the finish. To help with the convection oven feeling the wind was 13 mph with 21 mph gusts at the start and then a steady 15 mph at the end. During the day I saw the heat index at 104 and 105. This has got to be good training for the HHH in Wichita Falls.

With the month winding down I am riding to hit the 650 mile mark for June. After today’s ride I am at 631.91. I rode 27.70 miles today at an average speed of 14.9 mph and average cadence of 78.3 RPM. Year to date I rode 2809.63 miles. I saw 2 other bikers at Old Atascocita Road and FM2100.

6-29-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

6-29-2011 Home Weather Finish

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