Waiting for the temperature to reach 60 today did not take as long as I expected. From a low of 38 when I got up at 8:00 AM it only took about 4 hours to reach the 60+ degree point when I left at 12:48 PM. When I start riding it was 65 and by the time I finished at 2:59 PM it reached 68. The partly cloudy sky helped keep me comfortable along with leg warmers, a long sleeve jersey, a short sleeve jersey and a windbreaker jacket. No full finger gloves today. The light breeze still had a chill to it so I am still wishing for more warmth. Tomorrow I will watch the Tour Down Under race preview show to savor the heat in Australia. Maybe someday I will spend our winter in their summer.

Since I rode to the south yesterday I rode a northerly route to Community Drive and then through Valley Ranch. Not much changed since my last ride along this route. The Grand Parkway construction has not advanced any that I can see. By adding a few extra streets to my typical route I rode 28.13 miles. I managed to get my average speed to 15.1 mph, up from yesterday. I did not see any other bicyclists out today. With today’s ride I now am up to 99.12 miles for January. The weather is supposed to about the same tomorrow so I should be able to ride then. Maybe I can reach last January’s 267 miles. Next Saturday there is the Bike through the Forest and the Hills ride in Coldspring I would like to ride. That is too far out for an accurate weather forecast so I am not sure I will just yet.

I bought a new computer this week with Windows 8 so I am still learning how to use my bike programs. Some of the things I did automatically I now have to think about.

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Links to Garmin Connect and Ridewithgps.com.