Rain arrived around 10 pm Friday and moved through like the forecast called for. By this morning the streets dried out and I began the bike ride at 11:39 am. I selected the “Atascocita – Walden – E. Lake Houston Parkway” route and rode 28.72 miles increasing January to 164.34 miles, 14 miles more than I biked the whole month in 2018. Last year I failed to reach my 300 mile goal for January; the only month I missed until December.

Weather during the bike ride today: start 65 (71% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind NW 12. Finish 66 (52% humidity), a few clouds, wind W 10 mph. I dressed for the wind chill with shorts, leg warmers, short sleeve jersey over a long sleeve thermal jersey, wind breaker jacket, and full finger gloves from the start this time. I saw three other cyclists on FM 1960 over Lake Houston and they were dressed like it was summer: shorts with short sleeve jerseys. Apparently their blood was warmer than mine. The wind chill still made it through my wardrobe but not enough to feel uncomfortable.

When I reached Fairlake Drive on the east side of Lake Houston I stopped and took this photo of the bridge closed warning.

Making the turn a round at E. lake Houston Parkway the headwind accompanied me all the way to the 1:55 pm finish back home.

Average speed at this time of the year is not very good and today I managed 13.1 mph. Average power was 118 watts, max power 402 watts. Heart rate averaged 127 bpm, max was 147 bpm.

An unusual thing happened while I rode on through Atascocita on the way back with the heading going blank on the Wahoo Elemnt until I turned onto W. Lake Houston Parkway. It was like the GPS satellite was blocked. On the ride map that area shows as a straight line even though the streets curve around. Hopefully this was a one time thing.

Sunday through Tuesday weather looks like it will be colder than my 60 degree biking threshold but Wednesday looks hopeful.