Started the week with 43.61 miles on my Lynskey R300 bike as we rode the “Kingwood – Splendora – Kingwood” route for the 5th time this year. Wheels rolled at 9:55 AM. My Lynskey R300 carried me 4 of those and my Canyon Endurace the other ride. That is unusual since I ride the Canyon Endurace bike more often. This ride puts me within 161 miles of reaching my goal for July of 800 miles. If the weather and my legs cooperate I may reach that goal by the end of the week.

Speaking of the weather, it will probably be cooler and wetter this week than last week. Lots of clouds filled the sky as I rode north to Splendora and back to Kingwood. At times some of them looked like rain but it held off and I finished the ride at 1:30 PM without getting rained on but I got plenty wet from sweating. Getting to Splendora I rode into a 12 mph headwind and enjoyed easier pedaling back to the south with a tailwind. Weather conditions: start 84 (82% humidity, 77.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind NE 12 mph. Finish 89 (68% humidity, 77.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NE 12 mph.

Several bikers passed me or I passed them along the route. Some made it into the video but I missed the others because my quick draw camera move is too slow. I will be glad when my Hero 7 Black camera returns.

Strava says today’s bike ride was harder than my usual effort. I think the wind played a part in that. Some ride data:

• average heart rate 128 bps
• max heart rate 155 bps
• average power 78 watts
• max power 347 watts
• moving time 3:06:55, total time 3:34:33

I stopped at the Grand Parkway and Valley Ranch Parkway for a short break to eat a Clif Bar and take a few of selfies.

The PowerPod bike ride data charts show the effect of the wind on the way to Splendora and back where the blue is above and below. I turned south around the 21 mile point in the bike ride.

Strava bike ride summary data.

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