The hard places on today’s ride was riding west on Stroker Road and FM1960 from Huffman to Atascocita Shores. Riding east I hit 20+ mph and quickly raised my average speed from 14.2 mph to 14.7 mph in just a couple of miles. Today’s ride cover the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route. The weather cooperated with 82 degrees, scattered clouds and a strong NNW wind. The NNW wind caused the problems when I rode into it. My leg speed bogged way down trying to move into the stiff wind.

I really needed a rest stop at the Huffman Chevron to allow my legs to recover for the ride west on FM1960. There places with no protection from the wind on this stretch. I got some help from the passing traffic sucking the wind with them but it didn’t last long enough. Today was a longer ride coming in at 41.65 miles. I was at 29.93 miles when I rolled into the Chevron station at 2:08. The weather while I rested.

When my legs felt rested I rolled out for the 11 miles to home. Turning right into Atascocita Shores put me among houses and trees which helped to deflect the wind but it was still an effort whenever I was out in the open. I expected to wait when I got to the Kingwood Drive but there was no traffic and quickly rode across. I got home at 3:38. The temperature cooled to 80 degrees by then but the wind was still there. Supposedly a cool front is moving through with the wind.

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I rode the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route 11 times this year. A summary comparison is below.