Out the door and on the Cervelo Caledonia at 10:36 AM to start riding the Spring Creek Greenway to Pundt Park. Several new things on today’s ride: new bike shorts, new long sleeve jersey, first time on the greenway with the Cervelo bike. The start was an hour earlier than yesterday and I finished at 1:50 PM, over an hour earlier than yesterday. Getting to the US59 trailhead I rode into a strong headwind, or at least it felt strong. Once I was on the greenway the trees sheltered me some from the wind plus the direction was not into the wind generally.

I hoped the weather would repeat yesterday but ti didn’t. Around mile marker 8 on the way to Pundt Park it started misting. A few times the mist increased to light rain but not for long. I thought I might need to wait at Pundt Park for it to stop but as I made the turn around to head back to US59 it stopped. As I rode back the closer to Jesse Jones Park the mist increased and stayed with me to US59. From there to home the streets were wet and at times I saw rain drops in the curb side puddles. I will wash the Cervelo after the ride.

Weather conditions: start 74 (humidity 80%, dew point 68), mostly cloudy, wind S 8 mph; finish 72 (humidity 95%, dew point 71), overcast/mist/light rain, wind S 9 mph. The forecast said a high of 80 but it was a couple of degrees lower at the end of the ride. The streets were wet when I rode back into Kingwood. Not what I wanted. Which is worse, cold or wet?

Other cyclists passed me on the greenway. You can see some of them in the video as well as some people skateboarding.

The last time I rode to Pundt Park was on October 15th, 2021. Looking at the previous rides this one was the longest because I added a couple of streets at the beginning to get the mileage over 40. It worked as I biked 41.29 miles. This closed my deficit to my 300 mile February goal to 50.7 miles. For the first time this month I am ahead of the pace to reach the goal. But that may not last long if the weather tomorrow keeps me indoors. The weather forecast looks iffy.

These photos show the Cervelo along the greenway.

When I looked at the ride results on Strava I was surprised by the number segment medals. I don’t think I’ve had that many on a ride.