I didn’t need to wait quite as much as yesterday for the temperature to get to 70 for today’s bike ride. Unfortunately tomorrow’s forecast says no 70 degrees for a few days. The wind will be strong and chilly tomorrow. I will be inside looking for Zwift riding events. Maybe stage 2 of the Tour de Zwift?

Today’s bike ride began at 11:14 AM and finished at 1:55 PM. I rode my “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route going 33.53 miles. This put me slightly ahead of the pace I need to reach my 300 mile goal for January. But I won’t be ahead for long thanks to the chilly weather coming tomorrow.

I saw another cyclist on Pines Place Drive in Pines of Atascocita. I’ve seen him before in almost the same spot.

I was wondering how the construction was going on FM 2100 since my last last ride there December 16th. I rode on the sidewalk parallel to the southbound lanes to the railroad tracks in Huffman. It was difficult getting from the end of the sidewalk at the tracks over to the northbound lanes. I rode on the concrete railroad base to the middle where the lane is blocked while the construction pours the center lanes. The tricky part was getting over the rails because there wasn’t much room to get perpendicular to the tracks to avoid the slots. I rode very slowly and almost got the rear tire in the slot. Thankfully the northbound traffic was stopped and let me move to the far lane. I may need to move to the northbound sidewalk before getting to the railroad tracks next time.

Weather conditions: start 70 ( humidity 43%, dew point 46), partly cloudy, wind SW 5 mph; finish 74 (humidity 35%, dew point 44), a few clouds, wind SW 9 mph. As I point out in the video, no leg warmers needed today. I did wear shorts, a long sleeve heavy jersey, and a windbreaker jacket. I was comfortable once my legs got warmed up from pedaling and the sun.