Put A Sock On It. Blue Sky, Long Sleeve Jersey Cool Bike Ride to Roman Forest
I began today’s bike ride at 11:07 AM under a blue sky and slightly cooler temperatures. Riding the Canyon Endurace bike I decided to vary the starting streets on my “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route going on streets I have not taken before. I wasn’t sure it would add any distance and it turned out to be about the same as other times, 41.3 miles. I didn’t realize the last time I rode this route was August 31st. With today’s ride it marks the 9th time biking this route in 2020, 5 times on my Canyon Endurace and 4 times on my Lynskey R300. Today’s miles moves my week’s total to 172.11 miles. With the nice weather in the forecast I should ride 200+ miles this week.
During the night or early this morning a mild front moved through the area holding the temperature down a few degrees at the start time compared to yesterday. I waited 30 minutes or so to give time to warm up some. Wisely I chose to wear a long sleeve jersey under a short sleeve one to be comfortable in the wind. Riding north a headwind tried to slow me down but I pedaled strongly maybe anticipating a nice tailwind on the way back to Kingwood. Weather at the start and 2:24 PM finish: start 75 (46% humidity, 53 dew point), fair, wind NE 10 mph. Finish 80 (31% humidity, 46.7 dew point), fair, wind NE 8 mph. Hard to believe the humidity and dew points were that low, probably contributing to the cool feeling.
My legs had good power today. I built my average speed up to 14.3 mph and held that until I was back in Kingwood.
I got creative making a wind muff for my GoPro Hero 7 Black camera searching for better audio. I cut a sock and wrapped it around the mics adding two patches of double side tape to hold it in place. I need a solution that isn’t too bulky in order to get it out of a rear jersey pocket. I think the sock did a good job and wasn’t too thick. I will try it again tomorrow. What it looks like.
The golden Cheetah program provides a lot of information about a ride. These screenshots are some of it.
No personal record according to Strava on today’s bike ride.
After two days biking in October I am ahead in the monthly goal.
