As the Tour de France approaches the end I am anticipating withdraw symptoms to appear on Monday morning. In the meantime I will be on the bike fighting off those symptoms. I watched stage 19 today before rolling down the driveway on my Canyon Endurace bike at 11:11 AM. Stage 19 included some hills but my bike ride on the “New Caney – Gene Campbell Road” route was flat ground in comparison. I biked 38.94 miles which positioned me to only need 10 more miles to hit 200 miles for the week. Another milestone: my Canyon Endurace reached 19,000 miles. Those miles accumulated from February 2018 to now. Today’s bike ride was the 12th time on the route in 2020. The last bike ride was July 31st. Today was the 229th bike ride of 2020.

Lower humidity and especially the dew point made it feel cooler and comfortable during the bike ride. For a change when I finished the ride at 2:24 PM I wasn’t drenched in sweat. But the strong NE wind required extra energy getting to the north side of Caney Creek where I turned back to the south to go right on FM 1485 where the wind was more helpful. Weather conditions: start 82 (59% humidity, 66 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NE 13 mph. Finish 89 (41% humidity, 62.3 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 15 mph.

Not caught on video one other cyclist passed me early in the bike ride. The other cyclist appears near the end. Video doesn’t capture the wind rustling my arm sleeves as I rode nor the pleasant weather coolness. I thought it was perfect Texas weather.

Check my Strava ride activity to see bike ride data. The link to my SportTracks activity page.

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Closing in on my 700 mile goal for September. 134 miles left.

My year to date mileage crossed 7,100 miles. A comparison of 2020 to previous years at this point in time.