The rain front passed through late last night and before sunrise this morning leaving damp streets until the sun came up and dried them out. With such beautiful weather I had to bicycle and choose the “SR242 – Old Houston Rd – FM1314” route. The last time I biked this route was August 24th 2016 riding about 3 miles more than today’s 42.38 miles. The bright blue sky was great and the wind was light at 6 mph from the SW most of the time. It was a little cool when I started at 12:22 (I got a late start from watching the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya on EuroSport) so I wore a long sleeve jersey under a University of Cincinnati Bearcat short sleeve jersey. The cool wind made the jersey choice a wise one.

Wildflowers are starting to bloom and while biking on SH 242 about 1/2 mile east of FM 1485 I stopped to take these pictures. Lots of horses grazing. I don’t think I noticed this many before at this pasture.

At the Chevron station at FM 1485 and SH 242 I made a quick stop to refill my waterbottle and pressed on to Old Houston Road. Up to that point biking on SH 242 was into the wind which slowed me down from the pace I set bicycling north along US59/I-69. Once I was riding on Old Houston Road the wind helped me get my speed back up all of the way to the finish (3:24 pm). With the help of the wind my average speed went up to 15 mph until I got back on the US59 south bound service road at the Mallard Creek apartments.

With today’s miles I am within 52 miles of reaching my 586 mile goal for March. With the weather forecast calling for more like today I should be back on the road.

Links to RideWithGPS.com and Strava.com metrics and maps.

Home weather at the start and airport weather at the finish.

SportTracks Ride Summary (click on the image to enlarge it).