I fought the wind at times while biking on the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route. Whenever I rode south the wind tried to push me around and at times I almost thought it won. This route generally goes south and then east before turning back to the west and north. Before I left on the bike ride my wife asked if I was going to ride because the wind was moving the trees around. I didn’t think it was that strong but when I got to Huffman I made a quick stop at the Chevron station to look at the weather on my phone. This is what I saw.

Those 24 mph gusts almost seemed regular. It wasn’t until I rode west over Lake Houston that I felt the full blast of the 24 mph gusts. Before that I rode in and out of wind break things like trees and buildings. The ride east over Lake Houston wasn’t into the wind and it actually helped me.

The bike ride started at 11:52 with a partly cloudy sky and 81 degrees. I took advantage of the heat and wore a short sleeve jersey which probably will not be advisable tomorrow if I were to ride.

Nothing unusual about today’s ride other than the wind. I finished at 2:12 avoiding any school traffic.

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