Under the cover of darkness a front captured the 85 degree weather and substituted 70 degree weather. I was perfectly happy with the 85 degree weather but made due with the low 70’s in its place for today’s bike ride. Even waiting until 2:02 PM to start the ride didn’t make it any warmer. I took advantage of waiting until then by eating leftover pizza and watching the men’s Amstel gold race from the Netherlands. Then I got my Lynskey Helix bike and headed out to ride the Kingwood Streets & Trails. I set a goal to ride 21 miles (3% of my 700 mile goal for April) and by the time I finished at 3:47 PM I rode 21.49 miles. That finished the week with 234.6 miles, the second highest week so far this year only beat by the 237.49 miles from the week of 3/6/2023. April now stands at 433.57 miles, 62% of the way to that goal. Not too bad considering I’ve missed 4 days of biking in April.

It’s hard to compare rides like today to other rides on Kingwood streets because I mix them up so much. There aren’t many places to get up to full speed for an extended time so I don’t think much about my average speed. I’m glad I wasn’t out on the roads because the front left some strong winds that I felt even amongst all of the Kingwood trees. Weather: Start 73 degrees, 34% humidity, dew point 43, a few clouds, wind N 18 mph gusts 29 mph; finish 75 degrees, 30% humidity, dew point 41, a few clouds, wind N 15 mph gusts 28 mph.