After yesterday’s rest day I was not sure how my muscles were going to react to this evening’s ride. I definitely needed the rest day after back-to-back long ride days on Friday and Saturday. This evening’ s ride started slow as the legs loosened up and by the end of the ride the two hard days last week were not causing a problem. What was causing a problem was the high wind. When I checked the weather at 4:30 the wind was a steady 25 mph with gusts to 31 mph. By the time I got home the wind had let up a little to 20 mph but the gusts were still over 25 mph. The temperature was in the low 80’s and the mostly cloudy sky added to the comfort for riding.

Riding east over Lake Houston on FM1960 was easy with a rear quarter wind but heading back the wind currents were strong and my speed slowed to 12 to 14 mph or slower when a gust hit. The area continues under a fire weather watch because of the high wind and low humidity. No rain today which was not unexpected even though there was a 20% chance. Some grass fires to the northwest of Harris county have cropped up with some homes being threatened but none damaged yet. Tomorrow is the same.

April mileage update:

• April miles 556.64
• YTD miles 1383.31

4-25-2011 Bike Ride Data

4-25-2011 Bike Ride Route Map

4-25-2011 Home Weather Finish

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