My biking guidelines say to start riding into the wind when the wind is strong. Well today I was planning on riding to the north but as I was getting ready I took my usual snapshot of the weather conditions. The wind was 18 mph from the southeast with gusts to 25 mph. This made me change my plans and I took a route that was mostly to the south and east. Also I was thinking of riding 34 to 36 miles but while I was riding I was not quite as warm as I would like to be even though I had a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey on and no leg warmers or windbreaker jacket. So I ended up riding 29.76 miles. As long as the sun was out I was almost warm enough but the clouds start to move in with the southeast wind and the sun almost went away. Although the temperature was 72 when I started and 74 when I finished I was never really feeling warm. My bandana was soaked when I got home so I guess I was warmer than I thought.

I was surprised I was able to keep a strong pace with the wind coming at me. My average speed ended up at 15.5 mph and max speed was 22.7 mph. The max speed was with the tailwind. The average cadence was 81.0 RPM. At one point I checked my average speed and it was 15.8 mph but this was before I hit the section of the route with the stops. I am making progress on November mileage which is now 104.69. Year to date miles are 5088.19. Tomorrow the weather should a little warmer and maybe not so windy.

11-4-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

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Link to the route map and ride data at RidewithGPS.com.

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