Another great biking weather day rolled in today. I started the ride at 3:15 when the heat usually hits the high point and it did kind of today at 88 degrees on my home weather station but due to the 33% humidity it did not feel that warm. Biking in the shadows also helped. By the time I finished the temperature went down to 86 degrees and the humidity stayed at 33%. Partly cloudy skies and a 13.8 mph southeast wind kept the ride comfortable. These temperatures are above normal for this time of the year but I am not complaining.

With the late start school traffic filled some of the roads at the beginning of the ride but not for long. No other bikers crossed my path but I did talk to a new biker at the Texaco station at the Valley Ranch entrance. I stopped there to visit the restroom and refill my waterbottle with ice. As I came out of the store a Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff was sitting in his car and I said hello. He followed me into the service station from the service road earlier. After I said hello he asked me how many miles I usually rode and I told him today would be around 25 but normally I biked about 30 miles with an occasional 40 or more. He told he bought a WalMart bike a week ago and rides around 20 miles. I congratulated him on taking up biking and getting some miles in. I also handed him one of my Texbiker.net business cards explaining he could get information about bicycling in Texas. He told me to be careful and I resumed my ride.

My wife wanted to work in the yard more today so I made today’s ride a little shorter than usual ending up with 26.21 miles. Some more numbers from today’s ride:

• 1:44:29 riding time
• 15.1 mph average speed (the first 5 mile lap deficit of 2:19 set a high mark to recover the time to get to 15.0 or above average speed)
• 22.5 mph max speed
• 80.6 RPM average cadence
• 56.05 miles this week
• 235.45 miles in April (rode 8 days out of 10)
• 1454.80 miles YTD
• RideWithGPS.com data link

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4-10-2012 Home Weather Station End