I started today’s bike ride with plan A and plan B routes but ended up riding plan C. I thought by now the resurfacing of FM 1960 in Liberty County would be far enough east that I could at least bike to the railroad overpass (Plan A) or to FM 686 (Plan B). But when I entered Liberty County it didn’t take long to see I wasn’t going to be able to ride either of those causing me to switch to Plan C, my “May Park Community Center – Huffman” route. The original routes were over 40 miles and I wanted to ride that far on the route I switched to but I wasn’t sure the distance would get there. I ended up riding 40.49 miles. This put the week’s total at 82.37 miles. I wanted to get a head start on a 200 mile week because Wednesday’s weather forecast includes rain, especially north of I-10. Unlike last week I plan on biking if the rain passes through by noon.

This was the 4th time biking this route in 2021. The other three rides took less time, had higher average speeds, average power.

My legs weren’t that great battling the wind today. I knew it would be a windy bike ride and I was headed into it. I started at 11:01 AM which allowed enough time for the wind to get going. It felt like a windy day at the beach with plenty of sun despite being mostly cloudy. What the weather was like: start 85 (67% humidity, 73,2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 16 mph; finish 86 (62% humidity, 71.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 18 mph gusts 27 mph. Shorts, short sleeve jersey and sunscreen were the attire for the bike ride. While I battled this weather earlier I watched stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia with rain and cold temperatures.

On the ride back to Kingwood a tailwind helped some but the trip across Lake Houston was rough with the wind moving the Canyon Endurace bike around. I saw three other cyclists earlier before I reached the east side of Lake Houston as I rode east. I stopped for ice at the Texaco station on FM 2100 at Wolf Road. I rested a few minutes to get my legs ready for the ride south on FM 2100 into the wind.

No medals from Strava today.