During yesterday’s bike ride I said I wanted it to be 20 degrees warmer. Well it was for today’s bike ride. And it may repeat tomorrow too. That warm in December is a treat for cyclists like me. But to go with the warm weather a strong SW 13 mph buffeted me and my legs. It all began at 11:47 AM as I rolled out riding my Lynskey R300 bike heading for the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route. By the 2:52 PM finish my legs were cooked by the headwind crossing Lake Houston back to Atascocita Shores Drive. I rode 35.78 miles but not quickly. Over the lake biking west I looked at my Bolt computer several times to see my speed at 9 to 10 mph. I stood up trying to go faster but I’m not sure it made much difference.

This was the 7th time biking this route in 2021. The last time was October 7th. Not sure why I waited so long to ride the route. Today’s mileage was typical of the other rides. This year 5 of the rides have been on my Canyon Endurace bike and 2 on my Lynskey R300.

FM 1960 construction added barriers covering the shoulder headed east from Atascocita Shores Drive to where the asphalt ends and concrete begins. About 200 yards. I timed my riding there to when the traffic was not coming behind me. In future rides this may cause a delay as I wait for a traffic opening. The west bound side is unchanged.

With the warm weather my clothing lightened up: shorts, short sleeve jersey, and arm sleeves. I used the last of my spray sunscreen meaning a switch to lotion. More time to apply that. Weather conditions: start 81 (humidity 76%, dew point 72), mostly cloudy, wind SW 13 mph; finish 83 (humidity 69%, dew point 72), partly cloudy, wind SW 12 mph. The humidity and dew point being high meant a muggy ride.

Yesterday I discovered duplicate workouts in SportTracks. I contacted SportTracks support and they looked at the workouts. I upload ride data from the Wahoo Element app on my phone at the finish of rides. SportTracks said Wahoo uploaded the data again on 2 different dates with the last being December 8th. I can delete the duplicates but it is extra work. I thought it was just SportTracks but after today’s ride I went to RideWithGPS.com and they are duplicated there too. Strava doesn’t appear to have the problem. I sent an email to Wahoo support to see what happened.