I waited for the temperature to finally get above 60 because I wanted road miles not Zwift miles today. The bike ride started at 1:12 PM with me bundled up. I didn’t quite look like Bib the Michlein Man but close. I did stay warm on the ride. The bike for today was my Canyon Endurace. The route was south and east on what I call the “Atascocita – FM 2100 – Walden” route. Today I biked 31.78 miles putting me slightly ahead of the pace needed to reach my 400 mile goal for the month at 104 miles. I finished at 3:48 PM.

For the chilly weather I wore shorts, leg warmers, a long sleeve jersey over a thermal long sleeve jersey, windbreaker jacket, and full finger gloves. Thankfully the wind was not as strong as my last road bike ride on Thursday. The sun tried break through the clouds when I reached Atascocita Shores Drive on the way to FM 2100 but the clouds regained the upper hand most of the ride adding to the chill effect. Weather conditions: start 61 (75% humidity, 53.3 dew point), overcast, wind W 5 mph; finish 65 (76% humidity, 57.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind W 6 mph. I saw another cyclist and he looked as bundled up as me. One reason I pushed for road miles is the weather for the middle of next week looks like it will be very cold, for Houston anyway. That means Zwifting and I am ahead of the pace to reach my 100 mile goal for the month. Before then I may enjoy a couple of outside bike rides. Due to the chilly wind today I stopped 4 or 5 times for a running nose using the tissues I brought because gas stations stopped putting paper towels at the pumps.

An overview of today’s bike ride from Golden Cheetah.

According to Strava today’s bike ride was consistent with my usual efforts.