The sun beckoned me to ride today after staying inside yesterday due to rain. Other people braved the rain according to their activities on Strava.com but not me. After riding in the rain twice this week I opted for the indoors watching University of Cincinnati play Ohio University in a nail biter until the final 4 seconds.

Today I rode my other bike, Blue Norcross AL, for something different since I decided to ride the “Atascocita – Walden” route going 23.6 miles. This was enough to reach 207.42 miles for the week, the first week over 200 miles after falling short the previous two weeks. For September I am at 566.69 miles, 134 miles short of my goal for September. The bike ride started at 12:38 pm after I got home from church and finished at 2:32 pm.

Weather during the bike ride: start 82 (72% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph. Finish 84 (67% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind w 9 mph. At the start while I rode the greenbelt trail I got a hint of fall weather because a “cool” front moved through the area early this morning. My jersey wasn’t wet from perspiration yet and riding in the shade made me think of needing a long sleeve jersey. I am not ready for that yet.

With the sunshine returning I stopped at Kings Harbor on the way back into Kingwood and took these two photos. Seeing blue in the sky with some clouds was refreshing.

While bicycling through Walden I passed another cyclist twice. He was dressed in bright orange. Later as I rode north on W. Lake Houston Parkway in front of Tailwind Bicycles two other cyclists on mountain bikes circled in their parking lot.

Earlier in the week I removed a pair of Bellwether Endurance Gel shorts from my cycling wardrobe because a seam was rubbing on my skin causing pain. Today I added a new pair to replace that pair. Putting them on made me wonder if I gained weight because they were very tight; they are the same size. It appears the old shorts were not as elastic or stretched and maybe I need to replace the other pairs I am wearing too. I will think about that.

The cool front will keep the rain away for a few days giving me time to ride more on Monday at least to get closer to my September goal.

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary