Another day, another heat advisory for the Houston area. With that in mind I started today’s bike ride at 9:38 AM and finished at 12:34 PM before the hottest part of the day. Riding the Lynskey R300 bike I chose the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route and rode 37.11 miles. This was the 7th time biking this route in 2020 and the first time on the Lynskey R300 (it now has 1,641 miles on it). The other 6 times were on the Canyon Endurace bike. I passed the halfway point of my 800 mile goal for July at 418.08 miles. A summary of the 7 rides.

The CamelBak was full of ice and water for the ride. The weather was warm at the start and downright hot at the end: start 89 (74% humidity, 79.7 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SW 8 mph. Finish 97 (57% humidity, 79 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm. Wind didn’t help much to keep cool as I rode but whenever I rode through shade I felt the difference.

Taking a rest day yesterday helped my legs for today’s ride. While I did get my average speed to 14 mph they did power me when I wanted to go faster or up an incline.

The Golden Cheetah software calculates a multitude of data as shown below.

Strava says “This was harder than your usual effort.” It wasn’t due to the wind.

PowerPod graphs summarize the bike ride.