80 degrees on November 25th! This is why I live in Houston. I couldn’t stay inside and rode the Stradalli Red Pro 14 on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for a total of 34.1 miles. This puts November at 427 miles and YTD is now 7,240 miles. I need to ride 190 miles to reach my stretch goal for the year of 7,430 miles. This could be the last 80 degree day of 2017 but there are several 70 degree days in next week’s forecast. A partly cloudy sky accompanied the warmth and the wind was 5 mph from the south.

Starting at 11:19 AM I didn’t expect to see any other cyclists but when I came to the stop light at Atascocita Shores Drive and FM 1960 two lady cyclists were stopped in the left turn lane on FM 1960 waiting to turn left towards me. When there was a break in the traffic I made my right turn onto FM 1960 and waved and they waved back. The rest of the ride went as planned and I finished at 1:52 PM.

I am testing an online program called SportTracks which syncs with the desktop version SportTracks 3 which I have used for 8 years. I tried this before but didn’t see the value for $59 per year but they added goals and I like the way the data is presented so I will probably sign up when my free trial runs out. Below is a screenshot of today’s ride summary.