At the 9:57 AM start of the bike ride the temperature was already up to 93 degrees. It was going to be hot bike ride on the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route today. I added a few side streets and excursions to the route and ended up biking 42.36 miles. So far in 2020 I biked this route 7 times and I was surprised that the last time I rode it was July 23rd. The average length of the 7 rides: 41.64 miles. Today I rode my Lynskey R300 bike for the 3rd time on this route; my Canyon Endurace has traveled the route 4 times this year. Yesterday was a rest day.

With the temperature at 93 when I started I thought it might reach the upper 90’s by the time I finished at 1:18 PM. But it showed 95 on my home weather station when I checked at the end of the ride. During the ride I lost 5.5 pounds even though I drank 2 quarts of water (4 pounds). No wonder my bike shorts were soaked and showing salt stains. Weather at the start and finish: start 93 (72% humidity, 82.4 dew point), a few clouds, wind S 10 mph. Finish 95 (56% humidity, 77.2 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SW 9 mph. The headwind was just strong enough on the return to Kingwood to overpower my legs as I got closer slowing my speed to less than 15 mph.

My 800 goal for the month gets a little closer with today’s bike ride moving up to 293.81 miles. My daily average is 29.38 miles versus the 25.8 miles needed to reach that goal. My daily average fell back after taking yesterday off. I am 35 miles ahead of where I needed to be. I plan another 40+ mile ride tomorrow to regain some of what I lost.

My GoPro Hero 7 Black froze again during the ride when I want to take video at the Brooklyn Trail new development. Pulling the battery didn’t seem to fix it but when I got home I saw slow motion images from when I thought it was froze. Not sure how that happened. I did not think to pull the battery out before the ride to see if that helped. Hopefully I remember to do that tomorrow.

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