In my quest to reach my mileage goal for September I chose the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route with intention of riding at least 35 miles to put me in the position for tomorrow’s ride. I biked 35.78 miles.bringing the week’s total to 228.23 miles. This is the first 200+ mile week since the week of August 12th. Since then I dedicated my time to be with my wife as she went through the final stage of cancer. I do not regret that decision and after she died I ramped up my biking when the weather allowed to reach my goal of 700 miles for September. With today’s ride I am at 658.25 miles leaving 42 miles to get there. That is doable tomorrow. Year to date I rode 6,256 miles, 548 miles less than my goal for 2019.

Last Sunday I rode a portion of today’s route as I hit rain twice which made the ride longer and ruled out extending the route. Weather today was much more bike ride friendly: start 91 (67% humidity, 78.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph. Finish 89 (64% humidity, 75.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph. This a ride where the finishing temperature was lower than the starting one but only by 2 degrees. As fall gets deeper into the days I expect this will happen more often.

Today’s video recaps what I saw during the ride. A few casual bikers and lots of good weather. At times the 12 mph wind made me crank up the watts above 200.

The ride started at 12:21 PM and finished at 3:16 PM. This means I missed the Houston Texans football game but I scheduled the DVR to record it. I will speed watch and hopefully the Texans prevail.

Monday’s weather forecast looks like a repeat of today. Good for biking.