Another late start for today’s bike ride after watching stage 5 of the Tour de France. By the time I got ready and rolled my Canyon Endurace to the end of the driveway it was 11:06 AM. This gave the weather time to heat it up properly to 95 degrees.

For some route variety I chose the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route. While watching the tour I visualized today’s ride wanting to ride at 33 miles. My visualization was pretty good as the ride went 33.54 miles. Those miles position me to reach 200 miles for the week if the weather cooperates with 111.4 miles so far. This was the second time riding this route in 2020, both on my Canyon Endurace bike. After two days of biking in September my progress on reaching my goal is on tracks. Where I stand.

It’s still early in the month but I am not behind like I was at this point in August.

No heat advisory today but it was still hot and windy. Weather at the start and 1:46 PM finish: start 95 (63% humidity, 80.0 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph gusts 23 mph. Finish 99 (48% humidity, 75.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 13 mph gusts 23 mph. The wind was tough on my legs. Fortunately today’s route changed direction several times shifting the wind attack on me.

Strava evaluated my bike ride telling me it was consistent with my usual efforts. No rest stop today reducing my overall time to 2:39:51. After the ride I think my stomach wanted something to eat, like hurry!

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Year to date mileage progressions (left image) shows 2020 is ahead of all my other years since 2011. SportTracks bike ride summary shows some bike ride data and speed versus power along with the gear used.

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