Riding along the bike trail on Kingwood Drive there is a bridge just before the HEB store. The last few rides there has been a turtle sitting on a stump sticking up from the water. Today I was a turtle. The legs just didn’t want to move fast. Usually I shift into the big gear around 9 miles but today it was 15 miles as I crossed Lake Houston going east. I was riding the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route so no surprises on where I was going.

The weather was great for riding. Scattered clouds and a light 7 mph breeze stayed the whole ride. The temperature at the 10:09 start was 91 (70% humidity) rising to 95 (59% humidity) when I finished at 1:05.

Stopping at the Huffman Chevron was greatly appreciated. I stayed about 35 minutes eating, drinking and drying off with the gentle breeze under the pump canopy. I was slow to get back on the bike to head home to complete the 32.64 mile ride. To show how slow I was I only averaged 14.9 mph. Of the 7 laps I only averaged more than 15 mph on three of them. No wonder the average speed fell below my preferred 15+ mph.

Mile markers

• 150.84 for the week
• 251.85 for the month (593 miles left to reach August’s goal)
• 4464 miles year to date

Friday’s weather should be warmer and clear. Maybe my legs will move faster.

Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.

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