I delayed the start today waiting for the sun to shine at least a little and the temperature to get around 73 or more so that I only needed a long sleeve jersey. By 12:23 it was about 73 degrees and the sun was peeking out from behind the clouds. The forecast said rain was possible around 3 PM which set a goal for me to return home. I made it home at 3:12 and by the time I walked from the garage to our master bedroom I could hear rain on the skylight in the master bath. The wind was kind to me today staying below 10 mph for the majority of the ride.

Riding the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I was headed into the light NE wind most of the time so my speed wasn’t as high as I preferred. Over the 34.4 mile ride I averaged 14.8 mph settling back from the 15.0 mph max average speed I built up riding home from Huffman with the wind. I was doing well enough that I shifted into the 34 x 12 gears and was cruising at 20+ mph on FM1960 over Lake Houston. This was a long uninterrupted stretch of road from FM2100 to Pinehurst Trail where I turned right from FM1960.

The rest break at the Huffman Chevron lasted about 15 minutes. As I was getting back on the Stradalli to leave I saw two bikers on the far side of FM1960 turning right onto FM2100 to cross the railroad tracks. The next biker I saw was on the bridge over the San Jacinto River on W. Lake Houston Parkway. While I was at the Chevron station I checked my phone for the weather because the sky seemed to be getting darker to the west where I would be headed.

I wasn’t able to ride yesterday (Friday) because of the intermittent rain in the area. Sunday and Monday look iffy as well with rain in the forecast.

Mileage standings as of today’s ride: 132.79 miles this week, 233.83 miles for April, 1244 miles so far this year.

Weather in Huffman during my rest stop

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