The heat and humidity did not let up today. Again I started the ride mid-morning at 10:35AM in a bid to avoid some of the heat. As I write this the temperature on my home weather station sits at 95.9 degrees. During the ride earlier the range was 88 to 93 degrees with 51% humidity when I finished. The light SW 8.1 mph breeze felt good when I rode into it. There was not enough headwind to really slow me down and it seemed to evaporate some of the sweat pouring off. I could’ve used some of the ice from yesterday.

It took until the 10 mile mark to recover the time to get my average speed up to 15 mph. By the end of the 30.42 mile ride I got it up to 15.5 mph thanks to the wind cooperating in two ways: a tailwind for the first 12 miles and a cooling breeze for the southbound 18 miles. No long rest break today with a total of 11:45 time stopped. Riding or moving time totaled 1:57:30. SportTracks reports my max speed was 26.8 but Garmin connect has a more realistic 21.8 mph. This table shows the breakdown for each 5 mile segment.

Near the end of the ride I almost had a collision with a bluejay flying along the bike path I was on. I could feel his wings flapping because they were so close. My right calf might have brushed his wings.

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