During the night we got some much need rain so I delayed the ride some to let the roads dry off. While I waited I watch the Clásica San Sebastián race on EuroSport. The timing was just right so when I rolled out the driveway at 10:50 the streets were dry. We only received .17″ of rain but I still expected the humidity to be more than usual but it was only 67% and the temperature was 87. By the time I returned home at 1:36 the humidity dropped to 50% and the temperature went up to 93. While the sun was partially covered I decided to wear a long sleeve jersey mainly because I haven’t wore one for several rides. My first thought is the long sleeve jersey will make me hot but I don’t think that is true and the perspiration production sure seems less. When I stopped at the Stripes station at FM1314 it was nice to not have sweat running down my arms with the long sleeves absorbing it. The cooling effect made for a pleasant stop. We got a slight cool front with the rain so the heat is not quite as high as it was earlier in the week. Tomorrow’s high should only be 90. I plan on biking after church.

Since I rode to the south yesterday I decided today’s route should go to the north. Not wanting to ride too far I thought going to Roman Forest Blvd. and then turning south on the US59 service road would result in 30 miles or so. With the trip through Valley Ranch and some other neighborhoods the route totaled 33.25 miles raising the week’s mileage to 203.73 miles. July is at 799.17 miles. With 4 riding days left it is possible I could reach 900 miles; I’ve never biked that many miles in a month. Year to date I biked 4125 miles.

The roads on this route are bike friendly although I did alter the entrance back into Kingwood because Loop 494 is being resurfaced from Kingwood Drive south. So I went my typical route through Kings Manor.

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