Last night a surprisingly strong storm moved through the Kingwood area. I lost electricity for a couple of hours. This morning the temperature cooled several degrees from what it has been. When I began today’s bike ride at 9:43 AM it felt cooler but I knew it wouldn’t last through the afternoon. Riding my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike I headed south and east on what I label the “Atascocita South – Walden – FM 2100” route. This was the 3rd time on this route in 2021, twice on my Canyon and once on my Lynskey R300. With the rain I didn’t ride north on the FM 2100 sidewalk because of the several low places where water stands.

Today’s bike ride was longer than the previous two on this route coming in at 35.38 miles. I altered the way through Kingwood swinging through Woodridge Forest before turning south. My week now totals 104.39 miles and June 521.04 miles. Getting closer to my 800 mile goal for June. Based on a daily average of 26.67 miles after 16 days I would be at 426.67 miles so I am almost 100 miles ahead of that pace. I lost ground to YTD 2020 with 2021 now trailing by 145 miles. Last year on June 16th I biked a longer route going 41.8 miles.

Weather Conditions at the start and finish today.

While I biking Strava sent me a notice that “You just lost the title of Local Legend on Kings View U. Mark Crosno’s 34 efforts set the new bar for the most attempts completed on that segment in the past 90 days.” This segment was on today’s route and I received the email about the time I was on the segment.