Today I rode the “Kingwood – Hare Cook Road – Kingwood”. I wanted another 40+ mile ride day and I biked 44.07 miles today. There was a slight opportunity to leave before 11 AM but I got distracted and ended up starting at 11:19.

The weather continues being hot and dry. It was 94 degrees when I started and 97 when I finished at 3:07. The wind was a big issue today until I made the right hand turn onto FM2100 from Hare Cook Road. Pedaling was hard whenever I rode south into the wind. Riding at 13 mph was about all my legs could do into the wind but I made up for it with the tailwind later. Once I lifted my average speed to 14+ mph I maintained it until the end of the ride.

I was a tired biker when I reached the Huffman Chevron at 1:39. The shade and cold PowerAde was what I needed to refill my energy along with a Clif bar and a whole grain fruit bar. At that point I biked 32.8 miles.

Huffman weather

IAH airport weather

As I was resting I heard a train horn to the west. From the sound I thought it might the Amtrak train but it was 1:59 and the train usually goes through Huffman around 1:20 but it was. I guess the train was running late on the way to New Orleans.

I left the Chevron station around 2:17 refreshed for the 11+ mile ride home. The wind was now from my left. It wasn’t too bad until I started riding on the causeway over Lake Houston without anything to break the wind. When I got home I found out the wind was strong: SSE 15 mph 20 mph gusts. At least the road was not rough like yesterday.

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