Starting the week off with today’s bike ride I chose the “Oakhurst – Gene Campbell Road – Valley Ranch” route and rode 39.87 miles. The weather was the way I like it, hot and sunny. I started at 10:50 AM with a pang of missing the Tour de France on TV.

Weather while I rode: start 91 (63% humidity, 77.0 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 13 mph. Finish 95 (53% humidity, 75.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph. After I finished the ride at 2:14 PM I heard thunder and checking the weather radar saw some rain floating around to the north. Glad I got home before rain arrived.

The wind wasn’t too much of a problem since the route generally goes east and west. I managed to get my average speed up to 14.0 mph.

I stopped at the Circle K on FM 1314 and Sorters Road to refill my water bottle. Later at the Circle K at FM 1314 and I-69/US59 I stopped longer to eat a Clif Bar and drink blue PowerAde. I refilled my water bottle to get me home.

Tuesday I plan on biking to add to July’s mileage which stands at 889.43 miles, almost 90 miles over my goal. My Canyon Endurace CF SLX now has 12012.7 miles in rides since February 2018.

After all of the Zwift ads during the TdF I started checking it out for when the weather and the year becomes unfavorable for outdoor riding. It looks interesting but I have a problem. My main computers are a Google Pixelbook and an Acer Chromebook Spin 13 and Zwift doesn’t support Chrome OS. Also I don’t have a smart trainer. I could use the Zwift Android app but I am not sure how to get the action on a bigger screen.