Goal!! No, not the World Cup one but me reaching my June mileage goal of 800 miles with today’s 34.33 miles boosting the month to 809.96 miles. With two more potential biking days I should add to that total.

The bike ride started at 10:18 am on the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route going north. The weather was great.

Home Weather Start

The PowerPod showed believable watts as I rode to SH 242 after making my way out of Kingwood. The light wind helped some as I set a nice pace pushing my average speed to 14.8 mph. At SH 242 the turn around took me west to the race track where I went left and back to the south bound service road. That is when the headwind became noticeable but I was able to keep my speed high enough to not loose the overall average speed.

Stopping at the New Caney Mobil station at FM 1485 just long enough to refill my water bottle I was back biking again still not having too much of a problem with the headwind. At Valley Ranch I turned west and the wind was a little stronger but still manageable. A slight reduction in effort came as I turned left from Valley Ranch Parkway into the Azalea District to get back to the south bound service road.

I stayed on the service road to Northpark Drive when I made a quick stop at the Circle K/Valero station for more water and ice.. Taking the old road back to the service road I continued south to Kingwood Drive making the u-turn. From there I rode through Kings Manor back into Kingwood. I finished the bike ride at 12:51 pm. Weather at the finish.

Home Weather Finish

While my home weather showed a light breeze the airport weather reported 18 mph gusts which I think accounts for some slowness as I rode south to Kingwood Drive.

Airport Weather Finish

The humidity wasn’t too bad but I still put out a lot of sweat.

Interesting note about the power curve in the image below. For about the first 8 minutes the PowerPod showed some high watts output but then settled down to normal output. I learned that the PowerPod adjusts the tilt setting in that time period if it is different from the previous ride. I moved the PowerPod after the last ride and that is why the watts spike upward before the tilt was recalibrated.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary