I had a small time window to bike this morning so I was on the bike and rolling at 8:38 am. I chose the “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route and biked 28.67 miles. Weather during the bike ride: start 79 (91% humidity), a few clouds, wind calm. Finish 88 (71% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SE 6 mph.

Not long after starting, around the 1/2 mile point, I felt a sharp stinging pain on my scalp. It felt like a bee sting but sticking my finger in a helmet hole I couldn’t feel any foreign object. The pain continued with a throb every so often. All of my thought on other things went away as the pain consumed my thoughts. I found a shade spot and stopped, taking my helmet off but nothing was there except the stinging pain. I decided to get riding and after a couple of miles the pain melted away to just noticeable. When I got back home my wife inspected my scalp and saw a small red bump but no stinger or other object.

As I was about to exit Kingwood Greens onto W. Lake Houston Parkway I saw cyclist zoom by heading south. As I got onto WLHP I could see a red flashing light about 1/2 mile in front of me and I sped up. I closed the distance a little but at the Kings River Drive traffic light the red light disappeared and I didn’t see him again. Later on the way back to Kingwood on WLHP I saw another biker riding south as I was going north. He was on the sidewalk/trail while I was on the road. I figured I wouldn’t see any other cyclists but at Bank of America on WLHP two cyclists crossed WLHP and into the bank parking lot. I followed them about 30 feet behind. They were busy talking and didn’t notice me i guess. I trailed them to Deerbrook Drive where they went straight and I turned right.

I finished the ride at 10:45 am within the time window.

More fine biking weather on Wednesday without the small window of time.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary