My the temperature did an abrupt change. When I got up this morning my weather station showed 69 degrees (6:30 AM). I thought biking now would require a long sleeve jersey for warmth rather than sun protection; not necessary for a couple of months. Due to volunteering at HAAM I was not going to be able to bike until the afternoon. I wondered if the heat would return by then but it was only 88.9 when I left on the ride at 1:53. Not too hot so I wore a long sleeve jersey for sun protection. The humidity was super low too at 31% falling to 27% at the conclusion with 91.6 degrees.

While I waited to leave for my volunteering I watched the Tour de France. Exciting racing over some gorgeous terrain. I did not get to watch the end until I got back from HAAM. Doing this I always have to be careful to avoid spoilers but I get to skip the commercials.

The route today is one I never tried before. I biked most of the roads and streets but not in this combination. I started off on the back streets to exit Kingwood to the southwest to get to the US59 south service road and into Humble. I was not certain of the distance for this route so as I approached FM1960 on the west side of Lake Houston I was 3 or 4 miles short of my goal so I rode east over Lake Houston to just beyond East Lake Houston Parkway where I stopped at 24 miles to drink and eat before turning back over Lake Houston and heading home. I ended up riding 36.16 miles; a good start for July. The wind was 10.4 mph with 16 mph gusts. this slowed me down riding to the NNE but not so much to impact my overall average speed of 15.6 mph. This ride moved year to date up to 3361 miles.

Now that I have this route under my tires when I repeat this direction I will have a better idea of the mileage.

Tomorrow the weather should repeat today. I can ride earlier if I don’t watch too much of the TDF.

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