The route choice for today’s bike ride was “Kingwood – Splendora – Kingwood” because I wanted to ride at least 40 miles. I ended up biking 43.33 miles. This jumped this week to 127.46 miles and August to 235.64 miles, 29% of the way to my 800 mile goal. This is the third day in a row at 40+ miles. I have a commitment on Thursday which will restrict or eliminate biking so I need to make up for that in order to ride 200+ miles this week. Maybe I can get a 15 mile ride in after noon.

Today’s weather was hot. This is my idea of what Texas is like in the summer. It reminds me of biking in the HH100 around Wichita Falls. Weather during the bike ride: start 95 (57% humidity, 77.1 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 9 mph. Finish 98 (45% humidity, 72.7 dew point), partly cloudy wind SW 6 mph. A couple of people remarked to me when I stopped for ice and water that it was too hot to bike but I said only when I stop. The 11:21 AM start and 3:18 PM finish meant I was out during the time when it gets hot. Back home the AC felt good.

The QuiKStory from my GoPro from today’s bike ride.

No junk man conversation on the ride, just lots of pedaling, heat and water stops. I refilled my bottle two times and stopped at the Circle K at I-69/US59 and Northpark for a break, drinking a 44 oz blue PowerAde and eating some cheese Ritz crackers. Earlier at the New Caney Mobil station after refilling my bottle I ate the first package of Ritz cheese crackers hoping they would power me to the Circle K. Speaking of Circle K, in today’s stage of the Tour of Poland the route went past a Circle K store 3 times in the closing laps.