I debated about wearing leg warmers today and ended up wearing them along with a long sleeve thermal jersey and windbreaker jacket. I needed them all because I am a temperature wimp. Although the wind was only 8 mph from the SE it had a chill to it that cut through the jacket and jersey but not the leg warmers. Leaving at 12:52 I hoped the warmer part of the day was ahead but the temperature didn’t really change much during the bike ride along the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route. My legs need more pedal time but today’s 34.71 miles is headed in the right direction. So far March is up to 207.15 miles towards my 586 mile goal. Just to compare my wimpy weather sense near the end of the ride as I crossed Kingwood Drive a young man on roller blades was without a shirt (no shivers that I could see) while I was bundled up.

The wind battled me until the 21 mile point as I turned north onto FM 2100. By then the clear blue sky had gained a few scattered puffs of clouds and when the sun went behind one I could feel an increase in the wind chill. From that point the wind was mostly behind helping me get home quicker. No rest stops today since I didn’t want to take a chance of cooling off and being damp when I started riding again. I wasn’t overheated and had energy to keep pedaling.

I was the long biker on the route and spring break meant no school traffic.

With 16 potential bike ride days left I will need to be bicycling most of those to reach my mileage goal. I will not bike tomorrow but from then on the weather forecast looks warmer and rain is not a big problem.

Link to Strava.com.

Airport weather at the end of the bike ride.

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