A new month and a new goal of 750 road miles. Last month I exceeded my 800 mile goal with 964.3 miles. Hopefully September will have similar results. To make this a 200+ mile week I needed 72 miles before today’s bike ride. I came up short when Monday’s ride was 21 miles instead of the typical 34 to 35 miles due to GoPro technical difficulties. Today I rode north to Tavola on a route (New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch) that averages about 37 miles over the 9 previous rides in 2023. On the way back I added a few extra streets increasing the miles to 38.57 and help tomorrow’s bike ride push me over the 200+ mark for the week. Now I need 34 more mile to cross over the line. I can do it!

Looking at the AXS.SRAM.com ride report I spent the vast majority of the ride using the 35×13 gears for 2:03:38 (29.2 miles) out a toal moving time of 2:50:52. This took 25 rear derailleur shifts.

When I stopped at the 7 Eleven st FM 1314 a lady was entering the store with me and we talked about how the weather eased up the last few days compared to earlier. The temperature today may approach 100 again but during my bike ride the humidity and dew point were low giving a cooler feeling than last week. I think this energized the bike ride some plus the light wind didn’t challenge me too much. Weather conditions: Start 83 degrees, 50% humidity, dew point 62.3, a few clouds, wind NE 5 mph; Finish 94 degrees, 38% humidity, dew point 64.2, fair, wind E 5 mph.