When I woke up this morning the predicted rain was coming down lightly. This lasted until after 11 o’clock when the sky started to clear up some. The streets were drying off and after grocery shopping I got out the door at 2:11 with 80 degrees and mostly cloudy skies. This was later than I normally want to ride so I shorten the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route by 2 miles, riding 30.3 miles in 1:57:29. Average speed topped out at 15.6 mph and drifted down to 15.3 at the finish. With 3 rides this week I am at 107.62 miles, 238.74 miles in March and 673 miles year to date.

Finally the temperature is warming up. When I got back home it was 84 degrees which was greatly appreciated since I wore a short sleeve jersey and shorts. At the start I was thinking maybe a long sleeve jersey would have been better but as I warmed up I changed my mind.

My legs weren’t as tired as I thought they would be after yesterday’s 45 mile. I was able to power through some of the ups and downs. The average speed went up and down but I was able to keep it at 15.6 until I got back into Kingwood for the last 2 or so miles home.

Two other bikers were out: one on the causeway over Lake Houston and the other one I looked in my rear view mirror on Kingwood Green in time to see him turn left behind me onto a side street but close enough to say hi.

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