Spring in March continued today. Normally I would think this abnormal but when Michigan reports 80 degrees and above it makes our weather seem cool. I took advantage and biked 29.64 miles. The clouds looked threatening for awhile but no rain made it on my ride. Humidity is higher than I prefer but still tolerable. The temperature hit 81 degrees at the finish. Later after the ride I noticed the temperature increased to 83. When I headed back to the south after the turn around the 13 mph (20.7 mph gusts) wind greeted me. I did not notice the 20.7 mph gusts before I left otherwise I might have chosen a different route. I maintained my speed at 15 mph or above even with the wind. Riding in the middle of the day has its advantages as well. School is out this week so the traffic around the schools was non-existent. I did not see any other bikers today. My road bike (Motobecane Le Champion CF) rides smooth and I experienced how it handles rough road when I went over a short section of broken concrete around a storm drain. Normally I ride around this one but there was a car moving along with me and I did not want to move over into the car’s path. Tomorrow’s weather should repeat today’s.

Today’s ride statistics:

• 1:56:21 ride time
• 15.3 mph average speed
• 21.4 mph max speed
• 80.1 RPM average cadence (3 days in a row at the exact same average)
• 106.11 miles this week
• 253.79 miles for March
• 889.89 miles YTD
• Garmin Connect data link

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