I got a later start on today’s bike ride because I was finishing up installing a new outdoor TV antenna to improve our reception. Last week I disconnected our satellite service to become a cord cutter. Starting at 12:29 PM the sky was overcast to mostly cloudy, 76 degrees (74% humidity) with a light 4 mph breeze. The routes was “Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood” for a total of 28.3 miles. I only need 48 miles to reach the 360 mile goal for November and 298 miles to reach 7,430 miles for the year.

My wardrobe choice was a long sleeve and short sleeve jersey over bike shorts. I probably could’ve not worn the long sleeve jersey as the temperature warmed to 80 degrees by the time I finished at 2:30 PM but some times the wind was chilly and I prefer hot to cold.

Sadly as I rode north on the I-69/US59 service road there were lots of flashing lights as I approached the FM 1314 exit from the freeway. When I got there a silver car was upside down in the grass between the service road and the freeway. Two DPS troopers were at the back of the car looking at stuff from the car. I didn’t see an ambulance so no idea what happened to the person(s) inside. By the time I returned on the south bound service road there was no sign of the accident. I said a prayer for the people involved.

With the light wind and moderate weather I built my average speed up to 15.2 mph for a short period before getting back to Kingwood and slowing down. Average power was 88 watts but I got up to 95 watts average at one point. Sometimes when the wind is helping watts is not very meaningful.

Warm weather will stick around through Saturday and I plan on biking. Sunday a cold front should arrive and biking will slow way down.