The morning didn’t go very well before I left on today’s bike ride. At the breakfast table I turned around to get a cereal box and knocked off a decorative glass bottle filled with oil and peppers. It hit the floor spilling broken glass and oil all over the floor. So much for starting today’s bike ride before 10am, I wanted to get biking early so I could get back to watch the Astros and Indians game.

After cleaning up the mess and slipping across the title floor I finished breakfast and got ready to leave. Punching the start button on the Elemnt computer at 10:28 am I began on the “Atascocita – Huffman” route. I don’t ride this short route much but before I retired it was a regular. Because of the time limit I biked 28.52 miles and boosted October to 179.29 miles.

I didn’t expect to see any other cyclists but four of them crossed my path. 3 of them were after 11 miles into the ride over Lake Houston and Old Atascocita Road.

Only a brief stop at the Huffman Chevron for water and ice interrupted the ride back to Kingwood and finished the bike ride at 12:37 pm in time to watch the baseball game.

Weather during the bike ride: start 87 (75% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SE 10 mph. Finish 89 (66% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 7 mph. The wind was tough getting to FM 2100 but after making the turn to the north on FM 2100 it became a tailwind helping ride faster with less energy.

Saturday I plan on biking the Spirit Ride in Livingston, TX. The weather looks great with a low chance of rain and temperatures in the 80’s.