Just another hot day in southeast Texas and a gentle bike ride to enjoy it. I set out at 10:25 AM riding my Lynskey R300 bike on what I call the “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman” route but today no Huffman. Tuesday when I rode east through Huffman I saw the southbound FM 2100 shoulder full of trucks relocating wires and poles combined with the northbound shoulder barriers I opted today to skip FM 2100.

Though I skipped the Huffman portion of the route I rode 36.86 miles which was below the 37.38 mile average of all 8 rides for 2020 including today. My total for the week comes in at 157.49 miles putting closer to 200+ miles for the week. 3 of the 8 rides were on my Lynskey R300 and 5 on my Canyon Endurace bike. I took this picture when I stopped for a break on Ramsey Road.

Biking puts the rider out in the weather. Today another heat advisory was in effect starting at 10:30 AM through Friday at 7 PM. When I stopped for a break on Ramsey Road at a bridge sitting in the shade a gentle breeze cooled me down which I enjoyed before heading back to Kingwood. Compare that to the hail storm some racers faced near the end of the 2nd stage of the Criterium du Dauphine which I watched before today’s ride. No hail here, it would have melted instantly. Weather I faced: start 89 (71% humidity, 78.5 dew point), a few clouds, wind S 5 mph. Finish 96 (53% humidity, 76.3 dew point), a few clouds, wind W 5 mph.

Today wasn’t a fast bike ride but I rode how my legs dictated. The wind wasn’t a problem most of the ride. Maybe I needed a slow day.

I retired in July 2011 and used to know MS Excel so after today’s bike ride I created a spreadsheet to show my progress on my month’s mileage goal. Apparently no using MS Excel all of those years dulled my memory on how to create the spreadsheet. I finally figured it.

I will need to work on creating a chart, that part of my previous skill is vacant for now. I improved my daily average with today’s ride and overall am 73 miles ahead.

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