COVID-19 rules move some people outdoors riding bikes. While I ride I see many more people on bikes but most do not wear a helmet. I hope head injuries don’t increase. So far people appear to ride sensibility but accidents are not planned. Less vehicle traffic probably helps.

My bike ride on the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route began at 11:22 AM. Earlier fog covered the area so densely that it sounded like rain as the moisture dropped from a tree above the bathroom skylight. The ride covered 33.44 miles moving the week’s total to 68.1 miles and the month to 194.5 road miles plus 18.7 Zwift miles. The road miles goal for April is 600 and Zwift miles is 30. I need to go on a 12 mile+ Zwift ride before my subscription expires April 12th.

The weather is more spring like. During the bike ride: start 80 (85% humidity, 74.8 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SW 6 mph. Finish 83 (77% humidity, 75.5 dew point), overcast, wind W 8 mph. I wore a long sleeve jersey that wasn’t necessary but I wasn’t real uncomfortable. Along with the long sleeve jersey I added shorts and a short sleeve Texbiker.net jersey. Wind wasn’t much of an issue today except riding west over Lake Houston without any wind breaks.

Some days the legs are tired and today was one of those days. They turned the pedals but when called upon for extra output it wasn’t there. Average speed didn’t get above 13.4 mph because sustaining effort was available. I will label today a recovery day.

Without organized rides my biking routes call for some variety. I need to go on some of my less used routes.

Wednesday may see the temperature hit 90 and the chance of rain is less than 20%. Maybe I can start earlier and go on a longer route for some variety.