Finally back on the road today. The last road ride was January 5th. Since then the weather hasn’t been cooperative. The route today followed “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” covering 33.0 miles. I made up the miles I was behind I needed to reach my 300 mile goal for January but am now even at 137.6 miles. I rolled off at 11:07 AM on my Canyon Endurace bike. I finished at 1:43 PM.

It warmed up to 65 degrees at the start and was 70 degrees when I finished. The wind was the story on today’s ride. 16 mph from the SW with gusts of 23 to 26 mph. It wasn’t too bad getting to FM 2100 but from there to turning north on Atascocita Shores Drive was a battle. Riding across Lake Houston headed west I slowed to 9 – 10 mph, cadence less than 60 rpm and power 180 watts. Weather summary: start 65 (45% humidity, 43.4 dew point), a few clouds, wind SW 16 mph gusts 23 mph; finish 70 (33% humidity, 39.8 dew point), a few clouds, wind SW 16 mph gusts 26 mph.

Riding east over Lake Houston I passed some more big beams. I think they are for The Grand Parkway construction north of Huffman.