Saturday I battled 40 degrees and 20 mph winds. Fast forward to today and I enjoyed 82 degrees but suffered 17 mph wind (31 mph gusts) as I rolled out on my ride at 2:07 PM. Partly cloudy skies with the SSW wind meant I could dress a lot lighter than Saturday but I was cautious wearing a short sleeve and long sleeve jersey just in case the wind coming off of Lake Houston was chilly; it was and I am glad I compensated.

Riding to the south and east put me in position to ride into the wind at the start of the ride complying with my ride guidelines. This meant the first 10 miles was into the wind but after I turned to the east heading toward Lake Houston the wind became my friend. Riding on the east side of Lake Houston generally was not affected by the wind but when I left the Huffman Chevron station I rode straight into the wind. Going over Lake Houston I could feel the chill in the wind from the cooler water temperature. The wind slowed me down to 10.2 mph at one when I glanced at my Garmin Edge. On the west side of the lake I made a right and again the wind became my friend as I rode to home. By the time I got home at 4:45 the wind slowed down to 16 mph, 26 mph gusts and 78 degrees. Today’s ride went 33.70 miles. I almost made it to 100 miles for March at 99.7 miles. Year to date stands at 781.28 miles. Links to Garmin Connect and RideWithGPS.com data.

Tomorrow it is supposed to get up to 70 under partly cloudy skies.

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