I wanted to ride outside today enough that I bundled up more than I prefer due to the cool temperature and wind. The sun was out which helped. Bundling up meant leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, and wind jacket. Since it is Wednesday I rode to the north with the wind from the SE. The Kingwood – FM1485 – Kingwood route took about 9 miles to get to the US59 north frontage road after riding through several Kingwood Villages. This was my second ride on this route in February and 2024. I rolled out at 12:08 PM on my Canyon Endurace CF 7 bike. Most of the ride was with the wind until I made the u-turn under US59 at Caney Creek. The climb up from the underpass into the wind took extra effort. My legs might still be recovering from the 2271 feet of climbing I did on Monday in the Tour de Zwift. There were a few places on the ride back to Kingwood when I wasn’t going into the wind and they were appreciated. I finished at 2:37 PM chilled from the wind and 66 degrees.

Start 63 degrees, humidity 54%, dew point 46.0, partly cloudy, wind SE 14 mph; Finish 66 degrees, humidity 47%, dew point 45.6, partly cloudy, wind SE 9 mph gusts 18 mph.

The audio in the video improved from Sunday but still needs work. I adjusted the gain on my wireless mics. I’ll see the results on the next ride.