Overcast Sky and Borderline on Today’s Ride
Today was a borderline ride day. Borderline in that I could wear a long sleeve jersey and be comfortable whenever I stopped moving or wear a short sleeve jersey and not be so comfortable until I get warmed up. I rode under an overcast sky with the temperature around 75 degrees at my home. The wind was light which helped it not to feel too cool.
Riding the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route for the 8th time this year I went 33.03 miles. This route is a variation of the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. I change up some of the streets around FM1960 for variety.
With the year winding down riding has slowed some since I am only 123 miles away from my goal of 6500 miles for the year. Plus I am working on a couple of projects at home. With a month and a half left I think I can ride 123 miles but the weather has cooperate some. So far there haven’t been any days this fall where the daytime temperature is below my 60 degree cutoff.
The Garmin Connect website removed the embed link option so I am substituting RideWithGPS.com along with Strava.com.
Stopping at the Huffman Chevron I sat at the edge of the pump canopy hoping the heat would filter through the overcast sky and not cool down too much. At that point I was at the 21.1 mark in the ride. I was late enough that I should miss the heavy traffic on Kingwood Drive by the time I got there from Huffman. The weather while I was at the Chevron station in Huffman.
When I reached Kingwood Drive the traffic was gone on the eastbound lanes but I had to wait a couple of minutes on the westbound lanes to have an opening to cross. I got home at 3:46 (I left home at 12:54).
Tomorrow the rain chance kicks up during the middle of the day so I may not be biking then.
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A summary of the 8 rides on today’s route during 2015. Today’s ride had the shortest riding time.
| Activity Name | Start | Time | Distance | Elevation Gain | Avg Speed(Avg Pace) | Max Speed(Best Pace) | Calories | Total Strokes |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Tue, Nov 10, 2015 12:54 PM | 2:11:16 | 33.03 | 213 | 15.1 | 22.3 | 1562 | 8356 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Mon, Aug 31, 2015 11:53 AM | 2:13:58 | 33.25 | 433 | 14.9 | 19.8 | 1733 | 8689 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Thu, Jul 30, 2015 12:34 PM | 2:13:24 | 33.27 | 600 | 15 | 20.8 | 1808 | 8234 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Mon, Jul 20, 2015 10:11 AM | 2:16:20 | 32.72 | 545 | 14.4 | 20.2 | 1756 | 8264 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Sun, Jul 5, 2015 1:09 PM | 2:22:14 | 34.71 | 810 | 14.6 | 21 | 1972 | 8524 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Sun, Jun 14, 2015 12:51 PM | 2:15:47 | 33.58 | 1020 | 14.8 | 20.7 | 1968 | 7951 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Tue, Jun 2, 2015 10:01 AM | 2:14:58 | 33.8 | 577 | 15 | 20.4 | 1829 | 8195 |
| Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman | Tue, May 19, 2015 11:02 AM | 2:16:55 | 34.39 | 820 | 15.1 | 20.8 | 1965 | 8253 |