Last week I read that Roman Forest Blvd. would be closed at the railroad crossing for 2 weeks. On today’s bike ride I wanted to check on the status of the closing. The route do this is New Caney – Roman Forest Blvd – Oakhurst. The last ride on this route was June 12th aboard my new Canyon Endurace CF7 bike. I rode 34.29 miles then. Today I rode my Lynskey Helix bike for 33.61 miles. My week now totals 113.51 miles and the month 380.42 miles towards the 800 mile goal. I’m ahead of the average 25.81 miles per day needed to reach my goal with 31.7 miles per day. I rode away at 8:43 AM and finished at 11:22 AM ahead of the excessive heat warning time.

The wind pushed me along to Roman Forest Blvd. and I expected some headwind on the return to Kingwood. But the headwind felt much stronger and my legs struggled. I attributed that to tired legs until I finished, looked at the weather, and saw 21 mph wind gusts. Weather for the bike ride: Start 84 degrees, 83% humidity, dew point 77.9, overcast, wind S 7 mph; Finish 90 degrees, 68% humidity, dew point 78.1, mostly cloudy, wind SW 9 mph gusts 21 mph.