After a day off I biked today. The summer weather rolled in with the heat index supposed to be over 100 today. I wanted to get an early start to beat the heat and I kinda did that leaving at 10:37 AM. I delayed the start by watching the Tour of Switzerland. Even then the temperature already hit 89 degrees with 66% humidity. When I got back home at 2:02 it was 95 degrees with 49% humidity. Partly cloudy skies held the sun back some and the SSW 11.5 mph wind proved beneficial when I rode with with. Riding into the wind slowed me down some but on the 31.81 mile route I averaged 15.6 mph with 21.4 mph as the max. Average cadence at 78.4 RPM was a little lower than I thought it would be.

The ride went without incident except at the Huffman Chevron where the ice delivery truck almost drove over my feet as I sat on the curb under the fuel canopy. I thought for sure they saw me since they hauled two loads of ice past me before the incident. I jumped up when the big truck start coming in my direction to get out of the way. The man in the passenger seat stuck his head out to say they were sorry and the trucked moved over slightly to get out from under the fuel island canopy.

Riding time totaled 2:02:34 plus 29:15 stopped. June miles now total 297.7 and YTD miles reached 3088.08. The heat will be here for the rest of the week. Link to RideWithGPS.com data and map.

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