No Zwift today. Instead I got out on the roads biking to the north. Earlier I thought about biking to Huffman but on Twitter I saw that Houston TranStar reported FM 1960 at FM 2100 had high water. My route would have went through that spot so I changed to what I call the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route.

The ride started at 11:01 AM and finished at 2:02 PM. during that time I rode 36.68 miles. The week totals 109.29 miles including the Zwift miles from Wednesday. September now totals 362.87 miles but only 337.5 miles count towards my 700 mile goal for the month. I separated the indoor Zwift miles. I need 362.5 miles to reach my goal. With the weather setback I may not reach my goal but I will ride whenever I can. Speaking of miles, I only need 6 more miles to reach 13,000 on my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike.

Yesterday (Thursday) Tropical Storm Imelda dumped a large amount of rain in my area as well as other places in Southeast Texas. Today as I rode I could see evidence of what all of that water did. The weather hasn’t completely recovered as you will see in my ride video. I chose to stop at Woodridge Forest Middle School around the 5 mile point because of light rain coming down. I stayed there about 5 minutes. The roads were already wet and the rain loosened up the dirt on the streets to make for a messy ride.

Weather while I biked: 88 (79% humidity, 80.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 13 mph. Finish 81 (80% humidity, 74.2 dew point), cloudy, wind S 12 mph. After I finished the ride and checked my phone the radar showed rain to the NW, not far from where I rode. Hopefully the roads dry off and the water goes down for Saturday’s ride.

North of FM 1314 the roads finally dried off some so the mud splatter my Canyon bike decreased some. By then my shoes were dirty, I’m sure the back of my jersey was too.