I surprised myself by starting today’s bike ride at 7:58 AM. This proves I can do it when it isn’t an organized bike ride. I rode my Canyon Endurace bike on my usual Saturday route, “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden”. This my favorite bike ride on Saturday because I usually see other bikers. Today was number 14 in 2021. I saw other bikers but not as many as on previous Saturdays.

With the earlier start I finished the ride at 10:18 AM, a time before I start many bike rides. The weather had not reached 80 degrees yet but the humidity was 99% and the dew point was just below the 77 degree temperature. Those numbers meant a muggy ride until the sun got higher in the sky and the humidity going down some. During the ride when I dipped my head to the left several drops of sweat fell to the ground. Good thing I wore a Headsweat band to keep it out of my eyes.

At the start of the ride I needed 13 miles to gather a 200 mile week. I biked 31.29 miles covering the 13 miles and getting the week to 218.66 miles. That averages 36.44 miles per ride well above the 25.8 miles I need to average to reach my 800 mile goal for July. July totals 560.15 miles leaving 240 miles to the goal. This the 8th week in a row of 200+ miles.

Using my Drift Ghost XL camera I recorded the bike ride until I made the u-turn east of FM 2100 and returned to the crossroad. I recorded screenshots of my Bolt computer during that time. Those two videos were merged with three additional GoPro clips, 1 at the beginning of the ride and 2 after the main video stops. I’m working on my video editing skills. I think the Bolt computer screenshots sync closely with the Drift video.