Late last night a brief rain storm passed through. Normally in the spring that means cooler temperatures the next morning. But today was different. A clear blue sky and 81 degrees awaited as I started today’s bike ride. I headed out at 11:54 AM going south. The route today went on “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman”. With the 2021 starting streets I biked 35.51 miles boosting the week’s total to 152.39 miles. Those miles position me for a 200+ mile week with 3 potential riding days left. 2021 year to date miles leads 2020 by 15 miles.

I rode the Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike. The chain needs to be waxed soon. I can hear some squeaks.

What the weather conditions were: start 81 (49% humidity, 60.3 dew point), a few clouds, wind S 8 mph; finish 85 (42% humidity, 59.2 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 9 mph. I dressed for heat wearing shorts and a short sleeve jersey. I applied sunscreen on my arms for the first time this year. No need for long sleeves. The ice in my water bottle melted from the heat. The Camelbak may be needed.

Road construction is encroaching along the route. FM 2100 continues and now on the west end of the Lake Houston causeway/FM 1960 construction workers cleared the land to the right of the existing road. At some point the short section of FM 1960 from the causeway to Atascocita Shores Drive will be constrained. Maybe a work around would be to take the left turn lane, turn onto Atascocita Shores Drive and then u-turn riding north. Time will tell if that is necessary.

Riding north on FM 2100 I forgot about the rain. When the sidewalk ended the dirt between the sidewalk and road was mud. Stepping in it I hopiedthe cleat wouldn’t get caked in mud but it did. I should’ve turned around riding back to a place to get on the road. I stopped at the Chevron station to clean the left cleat but it still contained mud. At home I cleaned it some more.

Strava tells me the bike ride was consistent with my usual efforts.

Bike ride summary from SportTracks.