After last night’s wind storm and .02″ of rain the weather was sightly cooler for today’s bike ride. I started the bike ride at 10:15 am cycling the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route. All along the route I saw debris from the wind and a couple of trees toppled over, one onto the street in Kingwood on Chestnut Ridge Drive. In Roman Forest a couple of city workers were pulling a tree limb out of the ditch. Later I saw them hauling it in the bucket on front of the tractor. The wind and rain appeared suddenly last night while my wife and I were watching the Houston Astros. The electricity went out a couple of times like it did last Sunday when we were watching the Astros.

The weather during the bike ride: start 84 (71% humidity), overcast, wind calm. Finish 92 (51% humidity), overcast, wind 6 mph.

With the light to calm wind pedaling wasn’t too hard but my legs had trouble keeping the speed above 17 mph. I averaged 14.1 to 14.0 mph for most of the ride until I got back into Kingwood. Around 38.4 miles the average starting dropping and by the 1:43 pm finish I was at 13.8 mph. I usually think of my average speed being whatever it is before I get back to Kingwood where it is stop and go.

After riding past the schools in Briar Tree (school is out) my wife passed going the opposite direction. She stopped and and circled back. She had been to get her hair cut and had a doughnut to spare. She gave it to me and I told her I was going to stop at the Oakhurst park and pool for a rest break. I needed the sugar from the doughnut to power me home. I took these photos at the park.

After resting long enough to eat the doughnut and drink some water I was back on the bike to finish the bike ride. The rest of the ride was about 9 miles long. I made a quick stop at the Shell station on Kingwood Drive at Chestnut Ridge for ice and water to get me home. I don’t usually stop there. The attendant was friendly. I did notice the water had a antibacterial soap taste though. Maybe I should’ve settled for ice only.

More hot June weather tomorrow for biking.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary