We are still enjoying the residential effects of the Tuesday cool front with lower humidity and lower temperature around sun rise. That made today’s bike ride pleasant for August. I chose the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route and rode 42.58 miles. Normally this route is closer to 40 miles but I added a couple of streets at the beginning. I am now at 10% of my 800 mile goal for August. For the week the total is 147.24 miles which positions me for 200+ miles for the week.

A weather overview during the bike ride: start 83 (68% humidity), a few clouds, wind calm. Finish 92 (42% humidity), a few clouds, wind E 5 mph.

Starting at 9:53 am it felt cooler and in the shade down right enjoyable. When I got to the kitchen this morning it was 69.8 degrees at my home weather station. That is not an August temperature in Houston.

Some people have new bike days but I had a new bike gloves day. My red/black gloves succumbed to the ravages of ultraviolet rays and faded to pink so I put a new pair in service.

The new gloves look better than the faded to pink ones but I didn’t notice any radical improvement in my biking.

I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for a rest break. I ate a Clif Bar and drank cold water. The Elment ride summary up to that point.

The rest break lasted about 25 minutes, long enough for the PowerPod to go to sleep. I will need to merge the files when I download the ride data from the PowerPod.

Biking west on FM 1960 the wind was almost a tailwind helping me but I think the passing traffic had a bigger affect. I noticed the headwind when I starting biking to the north on Pinehurst Trail on the way back home. I maintained my 14.0 mph overall average speed until the 40 mile point when I stopped to cross Kingwood Drive. I slowed down after that pulling it down to 13.8 mph by the time I finished at 1:29 pm.

Looking forward to the low humidity on torrow’s bike ride.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary