Temperature Lightens Up Some
Mid-afternoon rides this time of the year usually means the hottest time of the day but not for today’s ride. I left home at 2:04 with the sky showing layers of clouds with blue showing through in places. The temperature was 88 degrees. With the later start I switched from the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route to the slightly shorter Atascocita – Huffman one. I biked 30.02 miles averaging 15.3 mph. Riding to the south and east meant I was going into the wind (SE 12 mph) until I turned left onto FM2100 from Old Atascocita Road. I was able to make up some of the slower riding speed from that point to home. Even with the lower temperature my wrist bands were still soaked when I stopped in Huffman.
My usual rest stop at the Huffman Chevron dried me out with the wind flowing smoothly under the canopy. Not much went on while I was there. I did notice a man driving a Porsche Cayenne Turbo stop for gas. I don’t know how much this car cost but it was interesting seeing him pull out a rather old flip phone to talk on while filling up. Leaving the station I rode west with the help of a nice tailwind getting up to 21+ mph.
Later as I rode north on W. Lake Houston Parkway over the river I saw another biker riding the opposite direction on the trail to my right. He was decked out in a full kit but I could see it long enough to identify it.
My August mileage moved up to 927.94 miles positioning me to beat my previous monthly high if the rain cooperates. Friday, Saturday and Sunday weather shows 50% or higher chance of rain for some of each day. This week’s mileage is 131.8 and year to date I stand at 5140 miles.
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