I needed to get back home in time to watch the Astros play so I started today’s bike ride at 9:35 AM. That got me on the road about an hour earlier than yesterday. Also a FedEx shipment arrived around 2:45PM. I chose a shorter route to ride to save time with the “Kingwood – FM 1485 – Kingwood. The shorter route yielded 30.64 miles bumping up the week to 177.56 miles and the month to 132.39 miles.

With the early start the weather was slightly cooler ahead of the “cool front” arriving Monday. Weather during the bike ride: start 82 (78% humidity, 74.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind N 4 mph. Finish 90 (63% humidity, 75.5 dew point), partly cloudy, wind NE 4 mph. The light wind helped me get the average speed up to 14.0 mph and hold it there for most of the ride after making the turn at FM 1485.

Relive shows the ride route and high speed, power, and heart rate.

Relive ‘Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood’

Some data points from the ride:

• average heart rate – 127 bps (73%)
• max heart rate – 147 bps (84%)
• average power output – 85 watts
• max power output – 418 watts

The low average power hints at the help I had from the light northerly wind.

Tomorrow I will ride in Livingston at the Spirit Ride. Weather looks perfect, sunny and temperature in the 80’s.