A delayed start for today’s bike ride putting me in a hotter part of the day. Aboard my Lynskey R300 bike the ride began at 11:09 AM and finished at 1:51 PM. I headed south and east on my “Atascocita – Walden – FM 2100” route for the 8th time this year. I wore a new KORAMAN jersey that I received for Father’s Day.

Before the ride I checked the weather and saw possible rain on the radar east of Lake Houston but when I got there on the bike ride the roads were dry. Which is okay since the rain delay on yesterday’s ride. Humidity and wind seem to affect my legs today as I struggled to get my average speed above 13 mph. Weather conditions: start 85 (82% humidity, 79.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph; finish 90 (66% humidity, 76.7 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 16 mph. I didn’t realize the wind increased that much because I had a hard time pedaling in the 9 mph breeze. Converting to k/hr 9 mph is 14 k/hr and 16 mph is 25 k/hr. Those speeds would cause a peloton to panic.

With today’s ride I moved to within 14 miles of my 800 mile goal for June at 786.91 miles. For the week I am at 157.37 miles. This is encouraging for a 200 mile week with 3 potential riding days left. Here how 2021 YTD miles compares to previous years. I narrowed the difference to 2020 to double digits.