The wind is back, baby!! As I set out on my ride today I told my wife it is was going to be interesting when I rode north into the wind. 23 mph from the northeast with 29 mph gusts awaited my ride up US59 to Community Drive. At times I struggled to reach 12 to 13 mph and when a gust came at me I slowed below that range. During the night a front moved through with some rain (we needed it and more) dropping the temperature down into the 50’s. It slowly moved up to 75 when I started at 2:10 and ended up at 79 by the time I got back home at 4:11. Some areas to the west and north of Houston got hail along with the rain. What an entrance for the first day of spring!

When I finally got to Community Drive and turned to the west and south I picked up my speed with the now tailwind but it wasn’t enough to get my average speed up to 15 mph. I did manage to get it up to 14.4 mph over the 27.44 mile route. Wearing long and short sleeve jerseys offset the wind chill my chest felt when I rode north into the wind and in the shade. My back felt the sun but not quite enough to overcome the chill. I think riding south with the wind was not as helpful as my front side being in the sun. Tomorrow’s high is forecast at 73 degrees. My March miles have reached 420.77 so the 581 mile goal is getting closer. Year to date I hit 1102.36 miles. Link to RideWithGPS.com and Garmin Connect maps and stats.

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