Today’s ride got a late start at 2:18 PM. The original plan called for us to go to the area cycling competition for the Special Olympics at Memorial Park in Houston. Our niece was scheduled to ride in several events. But overnight some rain storms rolled in and dumped an inch or more in some areas around Memorial Park. So the competition got modified and we did not go. With the change in plans my wife wanted to go to a day lily show and sale on Watonga Drive in Houston. So off we went to the Houston Hemerocallis and Houston Area Day Lily Society show and sale.

Around 10 AM the weather started to clear up for our trip to the show and sale. This held while we looked, shopped and drove back home. After a lunch stop at Whataburger I got ready for the ride. The temperature during the ride was 81 to 82 degrees. The light NNW wind at 10 mph had a coolness to it that negated the warmth from the partly cloudy sky enough to make it very pleasant. Starting out north I wanted to get a longer ride in since I did not ride yesterday. The route I chose was a good fit with a headwind for the first 20 miles becoming a tailwind for the majority of the ride after that point. This favorable scenario allowed me to kick up the speed to the point I averaged 16.2 mph. This was so good the 25 to 30 mile split averaged 19.6 mph. To go along with this my max speed hit 25.1 mph. I was feeling good once the wind came from behind. Before that I did not think these speeds would come to pass. The slideshow shows the breakdown of the time and distance for each speed zone. The riding time totaled 2:41:11 with 30:46 stopped.

Mileage numbers:

• today 43.54 miles
• this week 168.08 miles
• May 333.74 miles
• year to date 2269.41 miles

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