Today’s bike ride began with the earliest start time this week, 8:05 AM. I tried to get going before 8 AM but maybe it was better to start after. Too early and I might miss other cyclists. Aboard my Canyon Endurace I set out on my Atascocita – Huffman – Walden route going south and east. Saturday bike rides are special because I usually see other cyclists and today was no exception. I met the first one on Atascocita Shores Drive as I headed to FM 1960. More cyclists rode west over Lake Houston as I went east. I thought maybe that would be all but on Old Atascocita Road several bunches passed. One cyclist yelled out “Texbiker” and later another called my name. That’s great. Turning around on Old Atascocita Road to head back to FM 2100 I didn’t think I would see more cyclist but at Atascocita Shores Drive and FM 1960 waiting to ride across FM 1960 another group rode up. That was the last ones I saw. I went through Walden and north through Atascocita Pines to Kingwood finishing the ride at 10:40 AM in time to watch the Oklahoma vs. Cincinnati football game. It was humid at the start but that went down by the time I finished. Weather: Start 75 degrees, 96% humidity, dew point 74.0, partly cloudy, wind calm; Finish 90 degrees, 66% humidity, dew point 76.7, a few clouds, wind S 6 mph.

As the ride began I need .05 miles to hit 200 for the week. It didn’t take long to take care of that and today’s 33.78 miles pushed the week to 233.73 miles, and September to 707.89, just 13 miles short of my 720 mile goal.