Before today’s bike ride I was thinking of routes I haven’t rode in a long time and today’s route came to mind. The last time I rode the “Huffman – Liberty County Line” route was May 26th, 2015. Some of the roads on this route are in other routes I ride but this particular combination has been absent for over 5 years. Checking ride history in SportTracks I found 7 bike rides dating back to 2011 on this route with the typical mileage of 35 miles. Today I altered the route to go by May Community Center on Wolf Road and the distance was 37.83 miles. These miles pushed the week’s total to 153.98 miles.

A tailwind assisted me riding to the Liberty county line and my average speed settled in at 14.1 mph. Getting back to Kingwood the tailwind became a headwind but I maintained my average speed until I neared the finish.

Starting the bike ride at 11:14 AM the temperature was warm enough for a short sleeve jersey and arm sleeves. My arm sleeves are starting to show some wear and tear so when the weather cools down to thermal jersey levels the arm sleeves will retire. I have a new pair waiting. The wind did let up some by the 2:03 PM finish. Weather conditions overall: start 83 (78% humidity, 75 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 10 mph gusts 17 mph. Finish 86 (69% humidity, 74.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N calm.

How I look on my month’s mileage goal.

Golden Cheetah bike ride data breakdown.

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Strava said “This was harder than your usual effort.” Link to the SportTracks activity page.

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