Today’s bike ride was on the Spring Creek Greenway. I didn’t start as early as I wanted because I slept in late. My Lynskey R300 bike rolled away at 10:35 AM. The temperature was already 90 degrees and I hoped the trees along the greenway would offer some relief from the sun. I didn’t expect many people on the greenway with school starting and being Wednesday. At the trailhead only a few cars awaited their owners return. I guessed the ride would be 37 to 38 miles but turned out to be 39.99 miles. My week now totals 121.22 miles getting me closer to a 200 mile week. August miles is getting close to the halfway point of my goal with 376.2 miles. This marked the 10th ride on the greenway this year.

I stopped at the Carter Park trailhead and took these photos.

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At John Pundt Park I stopped for about 20 minutes to rest, cool off in the shade with a slight breeze, and eat a couple of snacks. The water in my CamelBak was still ice cold which tasted good with the snacks. I headed back to Jesse Jones Park where I stopped for a few minutes to return a phone call. This was about 2 1/2 miles from the I-69 trailhead exit. As I rode to the exit I heard thunder to the south. With the trees I couldn’t see the sky widely. At the exit I looked to the south and saw some dark clouds. Up and over the San Jacinto River bridge I got a better view of the clouds to the south. From there to the 2:21 PM finish thunder sounded frequently. Back home and inside some rain drops fell but not enough to wet the driveway.

A few other bikers were on the greenway. Most of them I saw twice as I rode to Pundt Park and then back.

On the ride back to Kingwood I rode on the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway. I came across a work crew sandblasting greenway concrete west of Woodland Hills Drive.

Overall weather conditions: start 90 (59% humidity, 73.3 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 6 mph; finish 92 (57% humidity, 74.1 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 10 mph.

I used my new Wahoo Tickr Fit heart rate monitor. It worked great. Wahoo will send a new charger pad in the next few days.