My pronouncement about my fitness eroding yesterday from not riding for 12 days may have been only partially true. Today before my ride I aired up my tires to 102 PSI and pedaling effort eased up from yesterday. Over today’s 32.06 mile route my average speed improved to 15.2 mph and my max speed jumped to 22.5 mph. One thing that did not let up though was the temperature: 86 at the start and 97 when I finished. Humidity of 42% when I finished helped to lessen the full heat blast but not by much since the wind could only muster 4 mph from the SSW.

The start time today was a little later than I planned (9:49 AM) but I still got back home at 12:28 before the heat started to build. Smog and ozone has been a problem for our area which is no surprise given the temperature and high pressure system holding us in its grip. With the heat I use my CamelBak for my water supply. Our automatic ice maker is having trouble keeping up with my CamelBak fillings.

Along today’s route I encountered two other bicyclists going the opposite direction after a train crossed Old Atascocita Road. Seeing others during a weekday morning ride is unusual. They may have been trying to beat the heat. As I write this my home weather station has hit 100 degrees or more again. I want to get an earlier start on tomorrow’s ride.

Ride information: 2:06:23 riding time, 32:43 time stopped, 78.0 RPM average cadence. Mileage marks: 62.51 this week, 490.68 for June, 3281.06 YTD. Alternate data view and map at RideWithGPS.com. I should get over the 500 mile mark for the month of June tomorrow.

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