I made it back to riding after a two day absence. We did get a little rain yesterday but not enough to register on my rain gauge. Some parts around Houston got over 1″ and as much as 2″ of rain. This evening was the first ride on the new tires and they came through in flying colors (actually gray) with no flats and I rode over the McKay Causeway on FM1960 without any flats but the smell was another thing. I guess the accumulation of dead insects from the 147+ days without rain turned to a big smelly mess with the rain and the east bound shoulder had some big piles of fermented bugs. The west bound piles were much smaller and thus less smelly. Along with the rain the temperature was milder for the ride at 85 degrees and the humidity was up some to 58%. Wind was at 14 mph from the southeast with mostly cloudy skies. There were some threatening clouds to the west when I started riding but they disappeared by the ride finish. Several other bikers were out in various spots along the route.

This week’s mileage is going to be lower than usual due to the shortened ride on Monday and then the two days off. Today’s ride was 28.65 miles bringing the week total to 40.38, June miles to 492.05 and the year to date miles to 2669.76 miles. I was not expecting my average speed to be 15.2 mph because of the strong headwind for the first 13 miles of the ride. The return home average speed overcame the low speed. Average cadence was 80 rpm.

6-23-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

6-23-2011 Home Weather Finish

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