Today’s weather has a split personality. When I left home the sun was shining and the air felt cool from a rain front that tried to move through during the night. My rain gauge showed a paltry .08″ of rain but I will take whatever we can get. During my ride as I approached FM1960 to the south a light rain started to fall and as I rode east the rain started to fall harder so when I reached the 13.8 mile point I decided to turn around and head back. As I rode back the rain continued until I turned north off of FM1960 and then it gradually came to a stop. By the time I got home the sky was full sun and no rain was around. This is not surprising since I decided to wax my chain and wash the bike before riding.

My goal was to ride 28 miles but I ended up riding 24.47 miles due to the rain. I started late today at 11:09 because the radar showed some rain moving through the area to the south. When I started the temperature was 84 degrees and the breeze felt cool. By the time I got back the temperature was only 89 degrees. We are supposed to get over 100 again today but it may not make it. The reason I wanted to get 28 miles was so that when I ride in Hotter’n Hell 100 on Saturday I would get my year to date miles over 4,000. I can still make it but it will be close. Last year I rode 74.5 miles at the Hotter’n Hell 100.

August miles are now 487.87 and the year to date miles are 3926.52. Average speed was 15.5 mph and the max speed was 22.0 mph. My average cadence was 82.6 RPM, the highest in many rides.

8-25-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

8-25-2011 Home Weather Finish

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