I got a late start today (1:15 pm) after getting home from church. The temperature was cooking at 96 degrees under partly cloudy skies, 6 mph westerly breeze and 58% humidity. The goal was to ride enough miles to get to 200+ for the week so I rode the “Atascocita – Walden” route for a total of 21.3 miles and the week ended at 207.6 miles. This is the 5th week in a row of 200+ miles and 6 out of the last 7 have been over 200 miles. This is how I reach my goal for the month and year. I am up to 383 miles for August leaving 417 miles to hit my goal.

My National Bike challenge rankings didn’t last long: I am 60th for Texas (up 1 place) and 1009th nationally (up from 994).

The bike was the Blue Norcross AL for variety and I think with the extra weight but shorter miles than when I ride the Stradalli the work effort was about the same.

After yesterday’s bike ride I performed maintenance on one of my home weather stations. I cleaned out some cobwebs, washed off mildew and replaced the AA batteries that looked like they were about to rupture. After the work I am now getting more realistic weather data.

No cyclist sightings along the ride today. Everyone was sensible to stay inside with the heat index at 115.

Not much change in the weather for Monday. I plan on biking but earlier than today.