As forecast the sun arrived this morning with some upper level wispy clouds resulting in a partly cloudy designation by the weather people. While it was 50 degrees when I got to the kitchen after getting up it began warming up as the sun came up. By the time I was ready to ride the temperature got up to 68. I chose a south and east route: “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman,” leaving at 11:22 am.

Today I rode 32.3 miles narrowing the gap to my goal to 49.3 miles; 650.7 miles versus the 700 miles for my October goal.

With the “chilly” weather I over dressed with shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, short sleeve jersey, wind breaker jacket, and regular bike gloves. If it was so chilly I am not sure why I chose those gloves but it turned out to be a good choice for later in the ride when it got up in the 70’s. The weather at the start and finish of the ride.

After starting the ride around 2 miles I noticed the cadence was not showing on the Elemnt computer and circled back home to replace the battery on the Wahoo Cadence sensor. That fixed the problem and I was back on the road.

On the way to FM 2100 the wind was mostly at my back and not requiring extra effort. Later when I got to Huffman and started riding west on FM 2100 the headwind required much more energy. I couldn’t get my overall average speed to 14.0 mph, getting only to 13.9 mph before settling lower at the 1:55 pm finish.

I saw another cyclist on Old Atascocita Road west of FM 2100; he rode west and went east. We exchanged hello’s.

No rest stop today. I had plenty of water and didn’t need to rest.

Forecast for Saturday: Sunny. High 81F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. I plan on biking to get even closer to my goal. I do need to be home in time for the University of Cincinnati vs. SMU football game at 2:30 pm.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary