Time to ride to the north on today’s bike ride as I chose the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route and biked 42.26 miles boosting September’s total to 190.03 miles, 27% of the way to my 700 mile goal for the month. To be on track to reach my goal I should be at 43% of the way. More days above 23.3 miles will get me closer.

Weather during the ride: start 87 (72% humidity, 77.1 dew point), fair, wind N 6 mph. Finish 94 (53% humidity, 73.9 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NE 10 mph. I started at 10:15 AM and finished at 1:38 PM.

The route went by the cemetery where my wife was buried on Tuesday. I stopped and walked to the grave site. It will be 60 to 90 days before the marker is placed. More time to go over our memories while I biked.

No video from today’s ride. When I got ready to go the GoPro battery was at 4%. I also noticed the videos from yesterday’s ride weren’t deleted leaving smaller capacity for new video. Not sure what happened.

Some ride data: (Strava reports the ride was easier than your usual effort.)

• average heart rate: 127 bps (73%)
• max heart rate: 151 (86%)
• average power: 104 watts
• max power: 474 watts

The wind was favorable on the return from Roman Forest allowing me to get my average speed to 14.0 mph for several miles.

I stopped at the Circle K in Porter at FM 1314 but didn’t buy any drinks because they were empty so I refilled my water bottle and rode to the finish.

Saturday weather continues the summer. I plan on riding.