Didn’t oversleep today. Started the bike ride at 8:30 AM aboard my Cervelo Caledonia bike. I stirred the streets up some in the early part of the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route and when I rode south added the Atascocita Hike & Bike Trail into the mix. I wondered if I would see other cyclists. Four passed in the opposite direction, one on the Lake Houston Causeway as I rode east and three at the curve on Fairlake Lane. The wind increased during the bike ride. I thought maybe my legs were tired. When I finished at 11:22 AM checking a weather app the wind was strong from the SW at 10 mph with 23 mph gusts. No surprise the wind pushed my wheels around biking west over Lake Houston. Stirring the streets and the hike & bike trail boosted the distance above average for this route to 35.35 miles. The week now totals 151.61 miles and the month 326.4 road miles (41% of my goal).

Weather conditions: Start 85 degrees, 81% humidity, dew point 78.4, a few clouds, wind SW 8 mph; Finish 96 degrees, 53% humidity, dew point 76.0, partly cloudy, wind SW 10 mph gusts 23 mph. The forecast high is 103 to 105.

Twelve rides on the route in 2023.