Windy, 200+ Miles Week Bike Ride
The blue sky gave way to partly cloudy but the wind still hung around giving me a rough time getting to Ramsey Road while I biked the “Kingwood to Ramsey Road – Huffman” route. At the beginning of the ride I went to Walmart to drop off some prescription drugs for Drug Take Back day. This added about a mile to the 38.07 miles of the whole ride. This put the week’s total at 213.37 miles and April at 748.21 miles. This is the first 200+ mile week since March 25th.
I got an earlier start than usual leaving home at 10:31 AM. Weather was perfect: start 82 (54% humidity), a few clouds, wind S 10 mph. Finish 83 (53% humidity), partly cloudy, wind S 12 mph gusts 21 mph. I wore shorts, a long sleeve jersey, and a short sleeve jersey. I almost didn’t wear the long sleeve jersey but changed my mind because of the wind and not wanting to rub sunscreen on my arms. The weather screenshot at the end of the ride.
The 21 mph gusts were tough when I rode east over Lake Houston and on Old Atascocita Road east of FM 2100 where there wasn’t anything to slow it down. At Ramsey Road I knew how strong the wind was when I turned left and rode to the first small bridge. The tailwind felt good and my pedaling effort dropped significantly. Making the turn around to ride west on Old Atascocita Road the wind now helped me and my speed went up to 16 to 17 mph and my effort wasn’t as high. This lasted until I got to Huffman and FM 1960. Biking on FM 1960 west the wind was from my left and until I reached Lake Houston it wasn’t too bad but over the lake gusts came trying to push me to the concrete guardrail numerous times. Once I made it to the west side the trees blocked some wind but I altered the route at this point going through Walden looping back to FM 1960 on Pinehurst Trail. Now the tailwind pushed me to the north back to Kingwood. I stopped at the same benches as yesterday for about 5 minutes and then resumed the ride and finishing at 1:39 PM.
With the miles today and passing 200+ for the week I will take a rest day on Sunday.
SportTracks Bike Ride Summary
Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles
2019 leads 2016 and 2018 while 2017 still is more than 2019.
