I rode today which means it is two days in a row. My home weather station was optimistic with the temperature at 76 degrees when I got back home at 1:33. The wind was chilly and biting whenever I was in the shade. I think it was more like 67. Thank goodness for the sun to warm me up plus I wore a cool weather kit of jacket, shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve jersey and a new pair of Pearl Izumi red gloves. digging around in my closet yesterday I found two new pairs of Voler shorts. I may replace some of the older ones shortly.

The route was slightly different from the past Oakhurst – Valley Ranch ones. I didn’t go west on Old Sorters Road and FM1314 east to Valley Ranch Parkway. I wanted to ride about 25 miles since I am coming off a period of no riding. I rode 25.25 miles which is pretty close. When I reached Old Sorters Road I turned right to FM1314 and then through Valley Ranch. On US59 south service road I rode all the way to Northpark Drive rather than turning left onto FM1314 and then Loop 494 south to Knox Road. By going to Northpark and then north along US59 I got to the same entrance back to Kingwood but avoided the traffic on Loop 494 and the concrete debris in front of Porter Ready-Mix on the shoulder.

Every time I turned into the wind I was glad I was dressed for it. I could’ve been fooled by my home weather station and paid a chilly price.

I imported the Garmin data into Golden Cheetah but for some reason the summary page did not format right. Hopefully the next ride doesn’t have this problem.

Monday and Tuesday look good weather wise for biking. I plan on taking advantage of it. Wednesday weather takes a dip to cooler temperature maybe below 60.

January mileage is now 73.68. My sit bones are complaining some after the long time of not riding.

RidewithGPS map, metrics and charts.

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