I am back riding the Stradalli RP-14 on today’s bike ride following the “FM1960 to FM686 – Back” route. I biked 42.46 miles in great bicycling weather. I started biking at 11:07 and finished at 2:25. The sky was clear and the wind light. It was a little cooler than I prefer with 77 degrees at the beginning and 81 and the finish. To offset the coolness I wore a long sleeve jersey under a short sleeve one. Most of the time I was comfortable but sometimes when I rode through shade for more than a few seconds I felt chilly. The wind wasn’t too much of a problem with the route going east and west while the wind was from the north.

Nothing out of the ordinary on the route except for the “other side of the road” dog chase. I made the turn around at FM 686 riding west back to Huffman on FM 1960. About a mile west of the Dayton Fuel and food store I saw a dog on the other side of the road race to the fence and then to the open gate. Apparently the dog knew it was bad to cross the highway and stayed on that side of the road barking until I moved out of sight. Earlier I rode east on that side of FM 1960 and the dog didn’t chase me. Maybe she was inside or asleep.

Getting closer to my April mileage goal of 772 miles. With today’s ride I am 131 miles short of the goal with 641.46 miles to date. I may have some weather issues later this week but maybe it not keep from reaching my goal.

Link to Strava.com and RideWithGPS.com.

Strava Extended Statistics

Strava Extended Statistics