Look At Those Turtles Passing Me! – Bike Ride to Huffman
Continuing my return to bike riding I chose the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route. I didn’t realize how slow this ride would be. My Lynskey R300 and I rolled off on the ride at 10:39 AM intending to complete this route unlike Monday when I altered the route to a shorter one. This route isn’t identical because of the construction north of Old Atascocita Road on FM 2100. I don’t actually ride through Huffman. The mileage today came in at 31.33 boosting the week to 90.22 miles.
Look at the sky during the video. Clouds from the east pushed by the wind that slowed me down.
Weather is the big story today in SE Texas with Hurricane Laura headed to SW Louisiana but impacting the Houston area some. Today the wind during my bike ride took a toll on my tired legs. Whenever I headed east my speed slowed to 10 mph with maybe a burst to 12 mph. That was all I could get from the engine room today. Weather at the start and finish: start 88 (79% humidity, 80.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 13 mph, finish 94 (65% humidity, 80.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind E 12 mph. The return to Kingwood with a tailwind went better but I couldn’t make up for the slowness.
I reached 600+ miles for August but 800 miles is not going to happen. How I stand on my August goal. As long as I ride 26 miles or more I gain ground. Thursday (tomorrow) the weather from Laura may keep me home. If my leg power today was any indicator a rest day might help.
My Lynskey R300 now has 2043 miles on it. I almost rode the Canyon Endurace today but changed my mind before the bike ride. I noticed it needs washed with dirt on the seat tube.
Even with the slow ride Strava told me today’s bike ride was consistent with my usual effort. Not sure how it arrived at that.
When I ride the Lynskey R300 I use the PowerPod to measure power. Below is the bike ride data graphs along with the SportTracks ride summary.
