Repeat the route. That’s what I did today. I changed some of the streets but the route still is “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman”. In my quest for my monthly goal I am trying to ride 32+ miles each day for the rest of July. I rode 33.68 miles today. Changing the early the part of the route I was able to improve my average speed and got to 14.0 mph before leaving Kingwood. Normally I have to overcome the slower start speeds after I get out of Kingwood. My legs felt good today and I was able to ride at 15 to 16 mph early on plus the streets I chose did not have many stops. The stops slow me down and then I have accelerate back up. The Garmin 510 is not kind to me and reduces my average speed. Today marks the 25th time I biked this route name. (Yesterday I said it was 22 times but the Golden Cheetah software has the route name listed twice and I forgot to count both listings.) A comparison of the 25 rides.

I am up to 675.85 miles for July. The goal is 834. Year to date I rode 3892 miles.

Hot temperatures remain in place and the light wind (7 mph from the south) is like a convection oven. Humidity was 41% at my home weather station, 102 degrees there too. George Bush Airport was only 97 degrees. Screenshots while I stopped in Huffman for a break.

The little red triangle is a weather alert for high temperature and heat index above 103.

Leaving home at 11:39 I thought I had a chance to meet the Amtrak train when it passed through Huffman. I almost did. I was riding north on FM2100 around the lake Houston Methodist Church when the train went across FM2100. I could see it about 1/2 mile away. Earlier when I crossed the tracks on Old Atascocita Road I should have waited for the train to arrive but I thought I had enough time to get to FM2100 and FM1960. Around 7 miles into the ride I stopped for a phone call. If I had not done that I might have been waiting on the train in Huffman. The train timing in Huffman is not consistent though. I have been there at 1:30 and the train passes by. Missing the train I pulled into the Chevron station to dry off some, eat and drink cold Powerade. I was there about 35 minutes. I got back home at 2:40.

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