The sky was darkening to the east and the thunder was off in the distance so my plan for a shorter ride was a good one. Originally I was riding a shorter route because today’s Tour de France stage was a monster and the recording was long but the rain threat was one more reason. The 93 degrees and 100 degree heat index were in line with the past few days and it looks like for the next several ones as well. Wind was 13 mph from the south which is where the rain was located. As I rode back home I felt rain drops every so often. Today’s 19.66 miles was slight ly less than the 20 mile goal but if you round up it is 20. My average speed of 15.1 mph and the max speed of 20.8 mph seemed low but with the shorter route I did not have enough distance to overcome the slow speeds getting out of the neighborhoods. July miles are 279.78 and year to date miles are 3118.87 and the week to date is 69.04.

7-14-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

7-14-2011 Home Weather Finish

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