I stated biking early than any previous ride since I went on the Spindletop Spin in Beaumont on June 6th. I rolled out the driveway at 8:54 to get a head start on the heat of the day. Biking the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I added some extra streets to get the distance up from the usual 32 miles to 34.73 miles today. It was 82 degrees at the start which felt comfortable but the 92% humidity meant I was sweating in short order. Returning home at 11:56 it was up to 98 and the humidity dropped to 52%.

With the earlier start I came across 55 bikers starting at Pines Place Drive and Pine Echo Drive all the way to FM2100. This was the Bike Barn Atascocita Saturday morning ride group. One of these was a tandem which I had not seen in this group before. Later when I was stopped at the Huffman Chevron I saw another tandem going south on FM2100. I think this was a different tandem but I am not sure. The stoker was a woman on each one. All of these riders were going the opposite direction from me since they started much earlier.

The Huffman Chevron was a welcomed spot at 23.1 miles. The heart was up and perspiration was flowing heavily. I got some paper towels to soak up the sweat around my eyes and then more to use while I was eating my snack and drinking some cold sport drink. I was there about 30 minutes before heading to home for the last 12 miles.

Huffman weather during rest stop

My average speed was below 15.0 mph for this ride. I did manage to get it up to 14.8 mph but by the time I got home it was 14.5 mph. Below is a comparison of the rides on this route this year to date.

Where I stand: 158.7 miles this week, 298.57 miles in June and 3515 miles year to date.

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