The blue sky left replaced by an overcast sky. The temperature was 74 at the 11:29 AM start rising to 81 when i finished at 1:31 PM. Not the typical winter day but good for biking. Today I rode my Canyon Endurace bike following what I call the “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch” route. I needed to ride 13 miles to hit 200 miles for the month and the ride totaled 26.31 miles bringing December road miles to 213.5. Last December I biked 281.3 road miles and 255.7 Zwift miles. I am short of those numbers this year but there are 8 days left. How this year compares to previous years in miles.

Weather conditions for the bike ride. Notice the wind change from the start (blue images are at Houston Intercontinental Airport) versus finish. No wonder I pedaled hard riding south from Valley Ranch.

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Before the ride I had a brainstorm on a different mount for my GoPro Hero 7 Black camera. I think I own more mount combinations than anyone else. This new position moved the camera above the handle bar left of my Bolt computer. Because this was closer to me I didn’t use an external mic (I will try that the next ride). I also used my Hero 7 silver as a hand held camera. The setup.

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For the third ride in a row Strava reported today’s efforts was harder than my usual effort. Power out numbers point in that direction. Average power was 107 watts with the max at 387 watts. Both those numbers are lower than yesterday but close. I split riding time at 50% in zones 1 and 2 and 50% in zones 3 to 7. Zones 6 and 7 total 15% riding time. That is higher, probably due to the stiff headwind on the ride south. Golden Cheetah’s view of the bike ride summary data.

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