The blue sky left the area today replaced by a mostly cloudy sky but the warm temperature stayed behind. It was 82 degrees when I finished biking the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route at 2:16. I started bicycling on the ride at 11:47 and rode 33.98 miles. The wind was stronger at 12 mph from the northwest. This probably explains why it took so much effort to maintain 17 to 19 mph speeds going north. Cycling east on FM 1960 over Lake Houston a jogger was going west as we passed and he shouted out to me to enjoy the tailwind as I headed east. The tailwind helped and I improved my average speed on that stretch.

At Huffman I turned west and the wind tried to slow me down as I bicycled on FM 1960. I made across the lake and because the earlier went west of Pinehurst Trail I stayed on FM 1960 to there and then went north rather than the usual route on Atascocita Shores. I like this route because I ride around the small hills. I passed another biker on Pinehurst Trail and we exchanged waves.

There was an attempted dog chase on Aerobic Drive. I say attempted because I saw the dog up ahead in a yard on my right as he ducked behind a car. As I got closer I heard him barking as he came from behind the car running on the concrete driveway. He was a Corky type of dog with short legs and longer body. The legs were spinning but the speed wasn’t there and I rode away from him.

February mileage is up to 426.89 miles. I have the days left to exceed my goal by more than 100 miles.

Links to RideWithGPS.com and Strava.com.

Weather conditions: Home start of ride, home at the end of the ride, airport at the end of the ride.

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