21 days into October biking and today I reached my 615 mile goal while riding the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route on my Canyon Endurace bike. The ride traveled 36.43 miles pushing the week’s total to 108.19 miles and the to 619.92 miles. This leaves 10 days to add to October’s miles.

Daily average miles including the days I did not ride: 29.52 miles, almost 10 miles per day above what I needed to ride to reach my goal.

No flat tire on today’s bike ride. After yesterday’s bike ride I changed the tires on my Lynskey R300 from Kenda Valkyrie Elite 700×30 to Continental Gatorskin 700×32. The Gatorskin tires handle the road debris on the shoulders with almost no flats and ride 7,000+ miles in my experience. The Kenda tires had 2,567 miles on them. I found the solution to the rear thru-axle drive side nut falling out: a tiny setscrew holds the nut in place and tightening it a couple of turns secured the axle nut. After today’s ride I will switch the cleats on my Sidi road shoes to even the wear.

Weather during the ride reflected the a weak front passing through and fall temperatures. Wind wasn’t too strong allowing me to hit 14.6 mph average speed once I left Roman Forest heading to Valley Ranch and then Kingwood. What the weather numbers showed: start 81 (52% humidity, 61.8 dew point), fair, wind W 7 mph. Finish 85 (44% humidity, 60.7 dew point), fair, wind NW 4 mph. Shorts, short sleeve jersey, and arm sleeves worked well.

Looking at the ride data summary from Golden Cheetah, I spent 57% of the ride in power zones 2, 3, 4, and 5. 5% in zone 6 Anaerobic is more than usual yet Strava labeled the ride consistent with my usual efforts. The Golden Cheetah data:

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Not many segments in Strava lined up with my route. There a number of partial matches on segments.

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