Mountain workout today. Well, not really. The “FM1960 to FM686 – Back” route goes up and down the railroad overpass east of Huffman on FM1960. Around here the overpass is about as hilly as it gets. I was out of the saddle to get up the hill going east and repeated that on the return ride going west. Thankfully the road is relative new concrete with smooth asphalt approaches. To get to the smooth asphalt though I rode 1 mile of chip’n seal from the Liberty/Harris County line. Going east the wind assisted me but going back to the west the wind was in my face though not blowing strongly it provided enough resistance to tax my legs.

The ride was 41.16 miles long, slightly longer than before because I added a section in Walden. This additional street circles around with houses on my right fronting Lake Houston. There are several new homes under construction. I got lost once before I found the right street on a previous ride.

Weather was good. 93 degrees when I got back home at 1:38. Mostly cloudy sky though at the start it wasn’t as cloudy. The wind was light to calm.

I took a longer than normal break at the Huffman Chevron; 37 minutes. Also I drank a 44 oz Powerade since I drank all of my water bottle and it was hot. Perspiration was flowing freely when I stopped. During the ride whenever I dipped my chin to the ride a stream of water hit my shoe and the pavement. At the break I was at 29.4 miles into the ride with 11+ miles left.

Two other bikers were out today. The first one rode several hundred yards in front of me going east on FM1960 over Lake Houston, The other biker was going west not too far from the start of the causeway. The biker in front of me turned onto Fairlake Drive while I continued on FM1960.

The average speed was 15.3 mph most of the ride. After the rest stop in Huffman the average slowly dropped because my legs were tired. At the end of the ride the average speed was 14.9 mph. I held it to 15.2 mph until 38.8 miles when I was weaving through Kingwood streets.

Mileage standings: 77.87 miles this week, 322.8 miles this month, 2555 miles this year.

Weather Huffman rest break

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