When I left home on today’s bike ride I didn’t plan on a route change or two dog sprints but they happened. It all began at 10:57 AM as I rode away on the Lynskey R300 bike. I planned on riding north to Community Drive, loop back on the US59 service road south, through Valley Ranch. At FM 1314 turn right and ride to Sorters Road then make a u-turn back to Old Sorters Road. From there I would ride the typical streets in Oakhurst and Kings Manor before returning to Kingwood. But on Valley Ranch Parkway I decided to alter the route. The new route didn’t turn onto FM 1315, continued south through Briar Tree, Oakhurst, and onto Kingwood Place Drive south. From there I moved to the US59 south bound frontage road over US59 and ride through Forest Cove. I’m not sure why I made the change but maybe it was to avoid the headwind riding SE on FM 1314 from Sorters Road and a different combination of roads. After finishing the ride at 1:26 PM I checked my SportTracks activities for rides on this route and didn’t find any. A new route has been born.

The original route would’ve been around 27 miles but the actual route came in at 29.64 miles. My week total now stands at 150.3 miles, 17.82 miles of that is from Zwift.It looks like I could finish the week with 2 more rides in Zwift based on the weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday.

In the video details I detail the dog sprints. It’s been a few weeks since I had one. They spike the adrenaline especially when I’m riding and daydreaming. Fortunately my legs were up to sprinting on short notice.

More wind today but no high gusts to contend with. Unusual temperature also continued but that will end tomorrow. I dressed like it was a summer day. I think this is 5 days in a row with high in the 80’s. Not a typical December but I’ll take it. Weather at the start and finish: start 76 (humidity 86%, dew point 71), overcast, wind SE 13 mph; finish 79 (humidity 74%, dew point 701), overcast, wind S 12 mph.

Two personal records according to Strava: PR on Soccer/Lacrosse Road to Crystal Springs (3:25),
2nd fastest time on Deer Springs to Lake Village Sprint (1:33). I lost a local legend to William Collins on the KPHS Sprint segment that was part of today’s bike ride.