After a two day interruption I managed to get a ride in tonight even though I stopped on the way home for the Clear WiMax blogger party at Dave & Buster’s. I have been waiting several years for this service to arrive in Houston and it looks like it goes live next week or so. So I got a little later start on the bike ride tonight.

The clear skies are a welcome sight after yesterday’s drizzle all day. With 61 degrees and a NNW wind at 14 mph dressing properly was again an issue. For a change I got it right: long sleeve fleece jersey over a T-shirt, Pearl Izumi windbreaker jacket, leg warmers, long fingered gloves. I was comfortable the whole ride. My road bike (Mercier Serpens Ltd 2.0) was up to the challenge.

Tonight’s ride statistics:

• miles = 16.21
• ride time = 1:07:41
• average pace = 4.11 min/mile
• average speed = 14.4
• average cadence = 76.7
• max cadence = 109
• climb = 161 ft., descend = 177 ft.
• YTD miles = 784.15

Charts and map for the ride.

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