Awesome Blue Sky Replaced Overcast Sky Bike Ride
From overcast sky yesterday to full blue sky today. What a difference a rain front passing through can make.
Choosing the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route I set off to the north facing a headwind until I made the u-turn at SH 242. I started the ride at 11:54 AM and rode 37.36 miles improving my April total to 676.53 miles. I am at 141.7 miles for the week. So far this year I biked 2,161 miles.
With the blue sky this is the weather during the bike ride: start 77 (62% humidity), a few clouds, wind W 10 mph gusts 20 mph. Finish 82 (47% humidity), a few clouds, wind NW 14 mph. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey topped with a short sleeve jersey. This was a good choice and I was comfortable riding into the wind and with the tailwind.
On the way to SH 242 I rode through Tavola to add a couple of miles to the route and took these photos.
The bright blue sky pops out in the last two photos especially.
From there I took the road that parallels along the east of the railroad track hoping to minimize the wind and the trees helped but the gusts still could be felt. When I returned to the north bound frontage road the wind was waiting. The legs were up to the wind and I made the left turn onto SH 242 and rode west into the wind. When I got to the guardrail where I could see Grand Texas I took these photos.
To the left of the photos a big sign flapped in the wind announcing that Grand Texas is hiring. I read in one of the papers they need about 500 employees when they open soon. Traffic on SH 242 will increase quite a bit then.
The ride back to Kingwood with the tailwind allowed me to improve my average speed to 14.3 mph which maintained until I got back into Kingwood around the 34 mile point. My timing was good and avoided the school traffic to finish at 2:41 PM. After finishing the ride the weather was so great my wife and I sat on our patio for 20 minutes or more.
Friday’s weather forecast calls for a repeat of today’s weather and I plan on biking.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles
2019 still leads 2016 and 2018 YTD miles but 2017 is a tough year to beat and lead 2019 by 103 miles.
