Today’s bike ride was so awesome I started twice. The first start came at 9:01 AM and last a couple of minutes until I tried to turn on the GoPro camera to find the battery was dead. A quick turn around back home to replace the battery and start number 2 with no problem this time. On Saturday’s I try to start early enough to catch some cyclists on the east side of Lake Houston as they ride back to Atascocita or other points. With the COVID-19 safe distance in effect I wasn’t sure if any of them would be out biking. Not to worry, while the number wasn’t as many as some Saturdays other bikers passed by.

To get to the east side of Lake Houston and not miss them I chose the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route which goes to Huffman before Walden.

Today’s ride went 32.22 miles bringing the week’s total to 200.76 miles, the third week in a row at 200+ miles. I plan on biking tomorrow to increase the week’s total and not just squeak over the 200 mile mark. March now totals 780.26 miles and year to date stands at 1533 road miles and 505 Zwift miles. This is the most miles I ever biked this early in a year by 522 miles. 2017 was the best year prior to 2020 at this point in time. I surpassed October 2019 miles, the highest month since July 2019.

Many people along the route walking and jogging. Families and individuals.

Weather during the bike ride: start 74 (90% humidity, 71.2 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind S 4 mph. Finish 81 (74% humidity, 71.9 dew point), overcast, wind S 10 mph. Because the of the lower temperature at the start I added a long sleeve jersey under a short sleeve jersey. This kept me comfortable with the wind chill effect. The upper 80’s spoiled me the last few days.