After two days not riding I wanted to get back on the road today. I chose the Stroker Road – Huffman route with a couple of tweaks on the route. I added to the starting streets and then on the return leg I did not stay on W. Lake Houston Parkway like the last I rode this route on 8/31/2012. Then the route distance was 37.55 while today’s route totaled 39.12 miles. In August I averaged 15.2 mph but today I upped that to 15.8 mph (15.9 mph on Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com). My top speed today was 20.7 mph at 80.5 RPM average cadence. The 5.8 mph north breeze did hinder my speed much in any direction but I could tell when it was at my back.

Yesterday’s cool front chased out the heat so when I left the house at 12:08 PM I could tell the difference even though my home weather station reported 78 degrees. I wore a short sleeve jersey which kept me comfortable but when I rode in the shade and into the wind I felt coolness. By the time I finished the ride at 3:01 PM overcast sky allowed the temperature to get up to 84 degrees. I did not notice much evidence of the little rain we got yesterday so puddles were not a problem. October miles now total 388.22 and YTD miles now total 5685.07.

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