Clear skies greeted me for today’s ride and the temperature was 82 degrees at the start time. During the ride the temperature increased to 92 degrees which is no surprise. With the wind at 5.8mph from the southwest it looks like another 100+ degree day in Houston. No rain is in sight and the City of Houston has initiated mandatory water usage rules. I did not ride around Lake Houston on this ride but the lake level should start to increase in the coming day or so as Lake Conroe has begun releasing water at the instructions of the City of Houston which has control of the water in Lake Conroe.

Today’s ride was on a different route from my last two and I was able to increase my average speed to 14.6 mph and the max speed to 21.4 mph. My average cadence also increased to 78.2 RPM. The distance was 25.01 miles. August miles are now 293.69, year to date miles are 3732.34, and the week total is 73.24.

8-17-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

8-17-2011 Home Weather Finish

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