Nothing wrong riding my mountain bike but today I had to ride my road bike. I enjoy going further faster. The ride started at 1:47 PM and my route went south through Walden before heading over to Huffman. The clear blue sky was a relief after yesterday’s rain. My weather station showed 69 when I started and moved up to 71 by the time I finished at 3:59. To tell the truth it did not feel that warm outside. The 10 mph east wind cut through my windbreaker every time I rode through some shade or into the wind. Fortunately my choice of clothing was right: shorts, leg warmers, short sleeve and long sleeve jerseys with the windbreaker jacket.

This route was 30.31 miles long and I did manage to average 15.0 mph. Today was the ninth riding day for February. My month to date miles total 212.45 so I have 157 to ride to get to my 369 mile goal. With 9 days to go this is doable if the weather will cooperate a little. This week looks iffy with 50% rain forecast for Wednesday and Thursday. Friday and Saturday look promising though with clear skies and 68 degrees.

While I rode east on Old Atascocita Road I looked up to see another riding going west past me. That was the only other bicyclist to cross my path today. My last ride was on February 15th.

Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com.

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