Several times this morning a dark cloud moved over my house and a few rain drops fell. When I rolled out of my driveway at 12:15 another batch of rain drops came down but by the time I biked a couple of tenths of a mile the rain left but the dark clouds hung around. During the rest of the ride occasionally a dark cloud moved through but no rain drops. My rule: if is not raining and radar shows no rain then I should ride. With the dark clouds in the area the temperature did not get too high: 78 at the start and 83 at the end. At one point heading east on FM1314 the cool wind felt great. The dark clouds had left but the sky was mostly cloudy. When I started the wind was 8 mph from the south but by the finish it increased to 17 mph from the south. Riding south on FM1314 presented a strong headwind which reduced my speed by a several miles per hour.

Today I felt better from the yard work and my riding effort and muscles responded when I needed them. I did not expect to get out of bed so easily this morning but my sleep appears to allowed some recovery. No yard work is planned until next week but we are on the downward side of the “to be done” curve. Monday shows a high percentage of rain and storms so I will be on the lookout then.

No bikers spotted today. Maybe tomorrow.

Some ride numbers:

• 2:20:09 riding time
• 15.3 mph average speed
• 24.9 mph max speed
• 80.2 RPM average cadence
• 3:55 average minutes per mile
• 35.77 miles
• 125.74 miles this week (4 biking days)
• 305.13 miles in April (10 biking days)
• 1524.49 miles YTD
• RideWithGPS.com data link

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