During last night a cool front passed through lower the temperature somewhat and dropping a little rain. This morning when I got up it was 59 degrees but by the time I start riding at noon it was up to 74 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy with a light breeze making for a good day to ride. I didn’t ride on Tuesday becuase of rain until afternoon. By the time the streets were drying off it was too late to ride.

I rode a longer version of the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route adding a leg north of the Huffman Chevron on FM2100 and Smith Road to the west. The ride was 33.85 miles long and for a change I was able to get my average speed above 15 mph and keep it there to the end of the ride. It was as high as 15.4 mph and ended up at 15.2 mph as I rode through Kingwood at the end. If I can figure a way to avoid the stops in the last couple of miles I could improve my overall average speed.

The light breeze was from the front that went off the coast and is now coming back. It was a little chilly and I was glad I wore a long sleeve jersey. Sitting at the Huffman Chevron in the shade was cool so I didn’t linger there too long, just enough to eat some snacks and drink some water. My legs felt good today and I had some power. The few rides my left leg has not been up to pushing hard into the wind which probably caused my speed to fall.

From the Chevron station to home is when I increased my average speed the most. The wind was not getting in my way and the uninterrupted stretch allowed me to keep a good speed around 20 mph or more.

April mileage is up to 301.49 and year to date is 1311 miles. Out of 15 days in April I have biked on 9 of them. I hope the second half of April is as good.

Huffman weather when I stopped at the Chevron station

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