I made the goal! Bicycling the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route I rode 36.1 miles boosting my YTD to 6011 miles. This sets me up for my next goal of 7000 miles by the end of the year. October will be the month to ride the most miles with November and December trailing off as the weather and daylight move into winter. For September I am at 732 miles exceeding my 700 mile goal. With two more potential bicycling days left I can increase that.

Rolling out at 10:56 AM my legs felt good. The NE wind at 6 mph was not enough to be a problem and I improved the average speed all the way to when it hit 15.1 mph where I maintained it until I hit 32 miles entering Kingwood. The mostly cloudy sky kept the temperature in lower with 83 (80% humidity) at the start moving up to 89 (68% humidity) when I finished at 2:04 PM.

At 24.4 miles I stopped at the Valero station on FM 1314 and Sorters Road for a break. They were out of 32 oz. cups so I got a 44 oz one but didn’t fill it all the way to the top, $.79 for any size makes this an easy decision. I sat outside in the shade drinking the orange Gatorade while eating the two fruit and grain bars I brought. I stayed about 30 minutes, a little longer than I planned because I returned a phone call.

I tried something different with my cell phone. My Nexus 6P phone has a battery problem where it shuts down when the battery status shows anywhere from 40% to 25% without any warning. My spare phone is a Moto G4 using a Project Fi data SIM while the Nexus 6P uses a Project Fi regular cell SIM. I paired the Moto G4 with the Elemnt computer and everything works the same. Phones calls on the Moto G4 use the data network instead of the cell network. I have a replacement phone on order but it will not arrive for a week or more so I will use the Moto G4 until it arrives. Very smooth transition.

No biking tomorrow but should be back on Friday.

Strava Ride Summary (click on the image to go to Strava.com)