I waited for the Critérium du Dauphiné stage to end and what looked like the winning time for the Tour de Suisse Prologue before getting ready to leave on today’s bike ride at 10:31. After yesterday’s 46+ mile long ride I decided to ride the “New Caney – Tavola – Valley Ranch” route for a total of 34.72 miles putting the week at 206.12 miles. Tomorrow I plan on biking around 22 miles as a rest day to prepare for next week.

A mostly cloudy sky kept the temperature modest with 82 at the start and 87 at the 1:03 PM finish. The wind was stronger than yesterday coming from the SE at 10 mph with 17 mph gusts. I pedaled quickly to Tavola but the ride back required much more effort. My maximum watts was riding along Valley Ranch Parkway south of the Grand Parkway on a small uphill into the wind. I was standing on the pedals to get maximum effort when I glanced at the Elemnt computer and saw the watts.

No rest stop today with the shorter distance except for traffic lights and stop signs. I don’t remember seeing another biker on the ride. The new Walmart in New Caney is starting to look like a Walmart with the gas station sporting the Walmart name and logo on the blue band on the gas pump canopy. The main building has a big white spot where the name and logo will be put too. I hope the increased traffic on the south bound service road doesn’t impact my bike ride too much.

Earlier this week on the May Park Community Center – Huffman route I saw evidence of the Grand Parkway construction north and east of Huffman between the May Community Center and Hargrave High School. I am not sure how this will affect biking there.

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