Windier, cloudier, cooler and tougher. Compared to yesterday’s ride today had all of these attributes. The wind bumped up to 24 mph and 29 mph gusts from the SSE. The blue sky got covered up by many clouds with the sun peeking out once in awhile. Cool temperatures came from the wind chill and 74 degrees at the start dropping to 70 by the time I finished at 4:05. I wore long sleeve and short sleeve jerseys but I think two long sleeve ones would have been better. The tough part happened whenever I rode into that wind. Riding west over Lake Houston I leaned slightly to my left to offset the wind force coming off the lake. I picked up my speed whenever I got the wind behind me so my average speed edged up to 14.9 mph though at time going into the wind I dropped down to 12 mph or so.

The route rotation today pointed to the south and east going into the wind and finishing with the wind. I debated about stopping in Huffman for a rest and a Diet Pepsi but I went ahead and stopped. finding a place out of the wind was not easy. I rode 31.08 miles moving closer to my March goal with 451.85 miles so far. Year to date now totals 1133.44 miles. You can see other version of the ride at Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com.

Tomorrow the wind should die down and the temperature increases to 82, warmer than today.

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