I put together a slightly different bike ride route along familiar streets but not one that I rode before: “Atascocita South – Walden – E Lake Houston Parkway”. Distance came to 29.6 miles. Start time: 10:34 am, finished at 12:47 pm. Weather during the ride: start 89 (66% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 12 mph, gusts 17 mph. Finish 93 (59% humidity), partly cloudy, wind SW 8 mph. good thing I finished then because not long after I was home I got an extreme heat weather alert text message from the City of Houston which could last until 7 pm.

One other cyclist cross my path in Walden, a woman riding her mountain bike. We exchanged hello as we passed riding opposite directions.

PowerPod continues to work as expected though I am disappointed I don’t put out 400+ watts all the time. Oh, maybe being 3 times as old as most pro racers has something to do with it. Interesting how each website calculates the average and max watts from the same data. MY Elemnt computer shows 83 watts avg, 321 watts max, Strava 58 watts average, 319 watts max, and RideWithGPS has 86 watts average and 319 watts max.

One more biking day in June and the weather looks good. Maybe I can start before 8 am?

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary