As I rode with my hands on the brake hoods I could see the clear blue sky in my rear view mirror. The 78 degrees completed the ideal biking weather today. It is hard to believe this is December. We probably will have one more day of this weather before the next cold front arrives early Thursday morning. A 12 mph south wind was not chilly like yesterday’s wind.

After riding south yesterday I wanted to go north and the south wind helped ride at good clip as evidenced in the ride summary below. Normally the first 5 mile interval is below my target 15 mph but today I averaged 16.1 mph in the first interval and even higher on the next three intervals. I did shorten the New Caney – Gene Campbell Road route by about 4 miles when I rode the “back way” out of Kingwood on Mills Branch Road and Ford Road to get to Loop 494. These roads don’t have stop signs so I can maintain a steady pace to hit the 16 + mph speeds. This route came in at 32.26 miles while the longer version is 37 miles or so. This is the first I went this way this month. No changes on the road and stopping at the Star Express Exxon in Porter gave me time to sit and soak up the bright sun. The 44oz Diet Pepsi cooled me off for the remaining 10 miles back home.

Tomorrow is an early rise day to meet with some other men from my church. We meet the third Wednesday each month at 6 AM at the Denny’s in Humble, TX. I will need to get up at the time I did when I worked. I am out of practice but at least I do not have to battle the traffic.

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