The “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route today was a good choice but a chilly one. I rode north to Roman Forest Blvd. with the front of me in the shade. Because of the chilly north wind the front of me was cold while my back was comfortable from the full sun in the clear sky. As I was getting ready to leave home I made several wardrobe changes: added a second long sleeve jersey, added leg warmers to my shorts, changed to full finger windproof gloves. These were good choices with the temperature in the low 60’s. When I turned south at Roman Forest Blvd. the wind was from my left but the sun warmed my front side. This was much better.

I modified the route at the beginning as I exited Kingwood and again in Oakhurst. This shortened the ride by a couple of miles to 29.77 miles. This was enough to put me at 401 miles for February, 55 miles over my goal. Also I rode through Valley Ranch without going under the Grand Parkway.

When I reached FM1314 on Valley Ranch Parkway I took a break at the Stripes station. I was at the 18.84 mile point. I thought it might too chilly to sit on the concrete but I went ahead. It was in the sun and it felt great, warming me up. The weather while I was at Stripes.

The humidity is very low again but this will increase over the next several days as will the temperature if the forecast is correct.

Nothing out of the ordinary on today’s ride other than being 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. I will bike tomorrow (Saturday) but I should ride on Sunday and Monday if the the weather permits.

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Ride comparison of the last 3 rides on today’s route.