I saw two deer on Fairlake Drive during today’s ride on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. I also saw 5 other bikers along the route. Even with it being summer type heat we bicyclists and deer are out and about. 97 degrees when I got home on my weather station. I think that is a few degrees higher than it might be though. The weather sensor is in full sun and the internal fan may not be working like it should. I will check into that this afternoon.

After yesterday’s Spindletop Spin ride I continue the quest for miles to reach 968 miles for June. With today’s 31.33 miles the month’s total is 244.92. I have a ways to go but that is the most miles I biked in one week this year. The sunny rain-free weather plus hot temperatures are helping me. Average speed today was 15.1 mph with a maximum average speed of 15.4 mph. I thought the 51.8 miles on Saturday might make my legs slow but it wasn’t the case. The wind was light and I rode between 17 to 20 mph most of the time. The stops and starts are what make the average speed difficult to increase.

The break at the Huffman Chevron was shorter than normal today. The Powerade on the fountain machine is out so I just drank ice water from my water bottle and with a whole grain fruit bar.

Huffman weather during the rest stop

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