Winter like weather (Houston’s version) arrived late yesterday dropping the temperature 30 degrees in an hour. This morning at wake up time 39 degrees awaited outside making this a Zwift bike ride day.

Before getting out of bed I opened the Zwift companion app on my phone and searched for a ride during the middle of the day and found The Herd’s Tuesday Social Group Ride. The Herd organizes a number of rides with one or more almost every day. Today’s ride started at 11:55 AM, perfect for my morning routine.

The course ran over generally flat terrain with a couple of short climbs. 322 bikers joined The Herd leaders but most of the time rode in front of the leaders bumping up against the fence. Several times I slowed to avoid going through the fence which I believe ran 10 seconds in front of the leader. I went through a few times but got back within a few seconds. Sometimes on a downhill the fence appears quickly and stop pedaling still coasts through the fence. With an hour riding time I rode 20.3 miles improving my December to 284.09 miles, maybe the most I rode in a December.

Wednesday the temperature forecast calls for a mid 50’s high meaning another round of Zwifting for me.