I delayed the start of today’s ride until after we ate lunch. The plan was to wait for the temperature to warm up and it worked. When I started the ride at 1:47PM it was 71 degrees. I did not let this fool me though. I wore a long sleeve jersey and my windbreaker jacket but no leg warmers. For the first half hour I thought maybe I should have added the leg warmers but as my legs warmed up and I spent some time in the sun I got comfortable. At least one other bicyclist agreed me with me; he passed me around the 2.1 mile point dressed like me. Scattered clouds meant the sun was in and out but fortunately there was no wind.

My route went south today through Atascocita and then Walden at Lake Houston but different from the route two days ago. I avoided going over Lake Houston because the breeze blowing over the lake onto the road was probably very chilly. This route was 23.28 miles long. Thanks to the somewhat mild weather the last three days this is the first time I was able to ride three days in a row since December 17 to 19 last year. So I was able to ride 73.01 miles this week and increase the January total miles to 122.39. I am now only 145 miles away from last January’s total miles. Monday and Tuesday will probably be in the mid-60’s so I hope I can get on the bike.

Links to Garmin Connect and ridewithgps.com.

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