Maybe I Should Sing In The Rain
Another day biking in the rain. Again it caught me or rather I caught it from Huffman to home. Before leaving home at 9:43 I checked the weather radar and there wasn’t one spot of rain showing. By the time I arrive at the Huffman Chevron around 21.5 miles into the ride dark clouds had gathered. I went inside the Chevron station to get a drink after going through 8Â paper towels trying soak up all of the sweat I had generated up to that point. While I was inside the light rain moved in. The timing was better today since I was already where I could stay out of the rain.
It didn’t last long and by the time I finished a Kashi bar, cookies and the drink the rain was gone and the roads were drying out. I looked at the weather radar on my phone and there was a big patch right where I was heading but I thought it might be gone by the time I got there. I pulled out of the Chevron station going west on FM1960. The clouds ahead didn’t look too threatening and the shoulder was drying out except for one spot where the water was out into the main right lane. I swung wide left to get around with no traffic coming.
Continuing on to Pinehurst Trail where I would turn right I started to feel a few light drops as I made the right hand turn. From there to Kings River Drive I rode in a light rain. It felt good and was less moisture than the perspiration I was creating so I kept riding. On Kings River Drive the rain stopped but the streets were wet from there to the last mile from home. I got home at 12:45 and washed the Stradalli. Not long after I was inside I started to hear thunder but no rain fell.
Earlier in the ride while I was going east over Lake Houston a group of bicyclists were headed the other direction. I think they were in a hurry to beat the rain. I waved but no returned it. I saw several riders on the way out of Kingwood and they all waved back.
I rode a longer “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route today to get an extra mile in my quest to reach 885 miles for June. This longer route was 33.51 miles long and I averaged 15.4 mph. With the damp weather I don’t know if I will be able to ride each day left in June.
Wednesday weather: 89 degrees and a 60% chance of rain.
Mileage statistics:
- 81.93 miles this week
- 793.51 miles for June (92 miles left to reach my goal)
- 3197 miles year to date
- Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS
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