Today is Flag Day and I saw numerous flags along the route. I continued starting the ride before 9 AM with my Canyon Endurace CF 7 moving away at 8:41 AM, a few minutes earlier than yesterday. The heat advisory is effect and another reason to start and finish before the hottest time of the day and I finished at 11:44 AM. I rode the Community Drive – Valley Ranch – Gene Campbell Blvd route for 39.20 miles. The Canyon now has 109 miles and the week totals 109.22 miles. June biking hit 436.13 miles. That’s over the halfway point to my 800 mile goal. This is an average of 31.15 miles per day versus the minimum of 27 miles per day. I’m 58 miles ahead of the minimum daily miles per day.

Today’s ride compared to the last 12 month activity was the second longest distance. I changed the route a little riding beyond TX 99 to Eagle Drive and then to Loop 494. Returning to US59/I-69 I stayed on the frontage road to Valley Ranch Blvd. and onto Valley Ranch Parkway. I think this was the second time biking on the frontage road to Valley Ranch Blvd. from US59/I-69. The 700x35C tires on the Canyon increase the rolling resistance but smooth out some of the road bumps and irregularities. The shoulder on FM 1314 to Gene Campbell Blvd. has a lot of dried concrete that escaped from the trucks. Once the Canyon is up to speed the effort to maintain that pace eases.

From the AXS.SRAM.com ride report I used the 35×13 gears for 1:57:00 (28.1 miles). My legs felt good. The headwind challenged them at times.

Weather: Start 82 degrees, 82% humidity, dew point 76.1, mostly cloudy, wind S 6 mph; Finish 90 degrees, 63% humidity, dew point 75.4, mostly cloudy, wind S 9 mph.