I made it but not by very many miles. With today’s bike ride on the “Atascocita – Waden – Huffman” route of 32.81 miles my total for the week came in at 205.4 miles. I biked 6 weeks in a row of 200+ miles and since the week of March 9th 9 of the 10 weeks hit 200+ miles. Another mileage mark hit with the Lynskey R300 bike now at 1033 miles after today’s bike ride. Just for more miles May totals 525.84 miles, 135 miles left to reach May’s goal of 660 miles. A summary of this week’s rides.

“Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” numbers 16 times so far in 2020, one of my most frequent routes. A summary of the rides on this route year to date.

At the 1:46 PM start of the ride the wind was from the NW at 10 mph which helped me ride to the south and east most of the time. I knew the return ride from Huffman would face a headwind but I didn’t know the wind would increase from the NW to 17 mph with 23 mph gusts. Before I finished at 4:17 PM I thought my legs were just tired from the ride and not eating much but when I saw how strong the wind became I gave my legs credit for powering me home, bonk or not. The PowerPod charts show how the wind came into play during the bike ride.

The second chart from the top shows how the wind affected the bike ride. When the blue area is below the white line a tailwind exists and when the blue area is above the white line a headwind exists. Spikes of blue represent the gusts. Weather during my bike ride: start 83 (64% humidity, 69.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NW 10 mph. Finish 85 (60% humidity, 69.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NW 17 mph gusts 23 mph. I wore a new pair of Bellwether Endurance Gel Shorts (and retired a pair I first used 9/23/2018) and a short sleeve jersey to enjoy the cool wind and sun.