I managed to start riding before noon and I pushed the start button on the Edge 520 at 11:50 am. I headed south to ride the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route. So far this week no ride has exceeded 40 miles but today I rode past that mark coming in at 41.66 miles. The weather is getting more summer like each day. My home weather station before I left home.

This morning the Garmin Connect app updated again to version 3.6.0.1. This was a minor update with no major numbers. I didn’t power off my phone this time and decided to ride. I did get a phone disconnect message at the .10 mile point and the phone connect message came at .13 miles. After that no more problems and the ride data recorded.

Riding through Kingwood Greens after leaving W. Lake Houston Parkway I rounded a corner and a tandem was coming from the opposite direction. I could her the lady stoker giving instructions to the man in the front as we passed. Later on I met another biker on Ramsey Road south of Old Atascocita Road. He was crouched over his aero bars but we exchanged waves.

The wind was light enough to not be a problem and I made good time once I was through Walden and on FM1960 riding to the east. I increased my average speed as well. I should have stopped at the Chevron station at Atascocita Shores Drive and FM1960 to refill my water bottle since it would be more than 12 miles before I could stop at the Shell station on FM2100 north of Stroker Road. I managed my water and kept enough for the last drink just before stopping at the FM2100 intersection. I refilled my bottle and took a big drink of the ice water and moved to FM2100 to ride north to Huffman.

Pulling into the Huffman Chevron I took this picture of the Edge 520 screen.

No sport drink today, just ice water while I ate a trail mix bar and a granola bar. The light breeze blew through the canopy area where I sat leaning against a pole. The humidity was high enough that the sweat didn’t dry up without using a few paper towels. I checked the weather while I was there.

It was slightly cooler than when I started the ride.In the right picture there are some rain activity to the west and south so I didn’t prolong my stay at the station. I topped off my water bottle with more ice and water and got ready to ride home. Going west on FM1960 I could the sky had changed to what might be rain. Turning right onto Atascocita Shores Drive I rode to W. Lake Houston Parkway and heard thunder as I passed the Kings Manor pool. I kept the pace up to get home before rain arrived. More thunder as I got to Town Center and the sky got a little darker. I made it home at 3:13 ahead of the rain. Going inside I checked the radar and the rain was “U” shaped around Kingwood coming our way. Huffman was about to get wet. As I write this it rained .38″ at my house. The wind at the airport picked up too as the rain approached from the SW. Glad I was home before it got to me.

The weather for tomorrow could repeat today’s afternoon rain with the sea breeze heating up and coming shore bringing rain. This could mean no biking since I start later on Sunday after church and Sunday school.

The splits break down.

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