Overcast sky and the warm temperature waited as I rolled out the driveway. Some stray rain clouds showed on the radar so I decided to ride the mountain bike and stay on the Kingwood trails. No rain while I rode but later today when the cold front arrives the probability of rain goes to 70%. With the above normal warm weather numerous people joined me on the trails. Plenty of joggers, some walkers and some other bicyclists passed me along the way. The ride started out at 75 degrees and it felt a little chilly amongst the trees but as I warmed up it became less noticeable. By the time I got home my home weather station showed 79 degrees, the same as Bush Intercontinental Airport station. A light south 9 mph wind tried to move in the trees but I barely felt it except when I came out of the woods. No dirt trails rode today. The allotted time did not allow for that.

With pending cold front I probably will not ride until Thursday when it might get up to 65 degrees. Below 60 degrees is my cutoff point.

Today I rode 14.65 miles (SportTracks) while Garmin Connect shows 15.2 miles which the Golden Cheetah program confirms (see the slide below). I am not sure why there is a difference. Riding time was 1:11:40 and 4:07 time stopped. My mileage standings: 111.48 this week (I wanted to get over 100), 169.38 for December and 6446.53 YTD.

The new handlebar and stem I installed makes riding less difficult because I can move my hands around. when thee is only one position my hands get sore or numb. It looks better with the Garmin Edge 500 mounted on the stem too.

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