Yellow honeysuckle blooms littered the bike path as I made my out of Kingwood. Is this a sign of spring? Later I saw about a dozen people mowing their yards. The smell of grass filled the air and I breathed deeply. Today was the first ride of March and the weather axiom of in like a lion and out like a lamb seemed to point to the lamb side. It was 71 and overcast when I left on the ride at 10:34 and by the time I returned home at 1:38 the sky was partly cloudy and 81 degrees. I am loving the warm temperature. Sadly this probably will last another day and then back to cold on Monday. I plan on biking tomorrow (Sunday).

Riding to the north through New Caney and on Gene Campbell Road before making the turn back home on FM1314 put me in and out of what felt like a stiff wind. Riding west on Gene Campbell Road two large dump trucks went past me in the opposite direction sucking a lot of wind with them. I had to step up my effort to recover speed. Later going east on FM1314 I thought I was going with the wind but when a number of cars or trucks passed me on the left the wind came behind them and pushed against me. When the road bent to the left some at Sorters Road the wind was not such an issue.

I biked 36.86 miles at a 15.1 mph average speed. For the week I biked 68.32 miles so far. Since this is the first day of March the day’s miles repeat. Year to miles are 742. My goal for March is the average of the last three years = 505 miles. With the iffy weather next week this could be difficult.

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