I biked to the north extending the route to SR242 and then west to Old Houston Road turning southeast on FM1314 to run back to home. When I left home at 8:51 the temperature was 78 with 70% humidity. While it felt cool it did not take long for the high humidity to bring perspiration out of my pores. As I progressed along the route the temperature climbed (92 at the end) and the humidity to drop to 47%.  I could tell the difference when I stopped at the Stripes station on FM1314 to rest, eat a snack and drink a Diet Pepsi. The breeze from my left dried my skin after a few minutes sitting in the shade. By the time I resumed my clothes were almost dry and the sweat stopped dripping.

This route does not cross the paths of too many bicyclists like the route to Huffman does on a Saturday. I did see 3 others in Kingwood but once I was to US59 there were no more. Sometimes I see other bicyclists on SR242 but not today.

The sky was covered by scattered clouds. When I checked the weather at Stripes on my phone it said there was a chance of showers at 4:15. We need the rain badly. The chance of rain increases tomorrow and Monday so after the ride I put the top up and the windows in the Jeep Wrangler. I do not want to get caught like I did back in June.

A couple of times I checked my average speed and after a slow start getting out of Kingwood my average speed started to increase. At 25 miles it was 16 mph, 35 miles it increased to 16.2 mph and stayed there at 40 miles. Riding through the Kingwood streets lowered it to 16.0 mph over the 44.11 mile route. For the month of June I stand at 190.24 miles and 3516 miles year to date. I did not realize it but yesterday’s ride pushed my Motobecane Le Champion CF over 15,000 miles since I bought it in October 2010.

Weather permitting I plan on biking tomorrow.

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