I look forward to Saturday bike rides with the potential to see other cyclists out on the road. Breaking the start time trend i rolled away at 7:50 AM on my Canyon Endurace bike. The route was the typical one for Saturday, Atascocita – Huffman – Walden. I changed a few streets in North Woodland Hills and South Woodland Hills Villages on the way to W. Lake Houston Parkway. It didn’t impact the distance. This route averages a little over 34 miles for the 9 previous rides in 2023. Today’s ride was 34.24 miles. This notched another 200+ mile week at 222.2 miles. Nine weeks in a row of 200+ miles. I’m on a roll! August bike ride mileage is up to 174.79 or 22% of the way to my 800 mile goal.

Many other cyclists along the route today with most of them on the east side of Lake Houston. Many of them are in the video. I saw a group of girl runners probably from Kingwood High School on Cedar Knolls Drive taking a break (in the video).

Starting early with a lower temperature is nice but the higher humidity probably offsets that. That was the case today. It was getting hot when I finished at 10:46 AM. I stopped at the Exxon store on FM 1960 and E. Lake Houston Parkway for ice and in Kingwood at the skate park I added water to my water bottle. I forgot the skate park had a water fountain until I saw it today.

Maybe the hot weather is affecting my riding. My legs are not producing power to get my average speed above 13 mph. The wind has been light though today riding west over Lake Houston the headwind felt stronger than 7 mph. Maybe they need some recovery time. Today’s bike ride weather: Start 81 degrees, 89% humidity, dew point 77.1, a few clouds, wind S 5 mph; Finish 92 degrees, 62% humidity, a few clouds, wind SW 7 mph.