I stopped to think as I got ready to ride. I almost forgot what wardrobe goes with the weather conditions. After a couple of minutes it came to me and I pulled out a long sleeve jersey, shorts and the new windbreaker jacket. I thought this would be warm enough based on my walking around outside but when I rolled out the driveway I thought leg warmers would’ve been nice and maybe a second jersey but I kept riding. It was 67 degrees and overcast so not much warmth came from the sun. It took about 6 miles before I started to feel comfortable by then I came into some light drizzle/mist just north of Lake Houston in Kingwood. This drizzle stayed with me until I crossed over W. Lake Houston Parkway and rode south on Pinehurst Trail Drive.

Thoughts of shortening the ride from 31 miles to 23 or so crossed my mind not wanting to get caught in real rain but I pressed on and when I reached FM1960 to cross over into Walden the drizzle went away. From then on until I got home the drizzle stayed away.

The route through Atascocita, Walden and Huffman totaled 32.39 miles, almost as much as the two previous rides in 2014. Between the cold spells and rain yesterday riding days have been few. So far I’ve rode 68.22 miles this year. Not much but the weather forecast says the next two days should be clear and in the 60’s. If this happens I plan on biking.

In January 2013 I rode 11 days for a total of 309.39 miles. I will need to pickup the pace if I want to match that.

I included a slide of the weather radar when I finished the ride. Several patches of rain were in the area looking for me to rain on.

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