I thought I would start today’s bike ride earlier but little chores kept popping up so I rolled out at 10:46 AM, the same time as yesterday. I chose the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route to get enough miles to put the week’s total in position to bike 200+ miles for the week. The bike ride covered 34.52 miles and the week now totals 70.84 miles and 596.68 miles for the month. My goal for May is 660 miles, well within reach. Year to date I am way ahead of previous years with 3,096 road miles and 542 Zwift miles. Today was the fourth time to ride this route in 2020. A summary of the rides.

The Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike and I set out in near ideal weather. The humidity edged up some from yesterday but the wind held back. I wore a new pair of Bellwether Endurance Gel shorts for the third day in a row as I retire older shorts. Weather as I biked: start 88 (66% humidity, 75.0 dew point), a few clouds, wind SW 7 mph. Finish 92 (58% humidity, 74.7 dew point), a few clouds, wind W 9 mph. A short sleeve jersey and sunscreen completed my outfit. The temperature was in my sweet zone of upper 80’s to 90’s which is above the normal for May. This reminded me of biking the Florida Keys in the middle of May 2017.

GoPro’s phone app created today’s video selecting segments from the 6 clips I took during the bike ride.

Construction crews worked on the south end of the West Lake Houston Parkway bridge over the San Jacinto River closing the median where the detour crossed. Traffic squeezed to one lane but enough room remained for me to get through.