Wednesday’s bike ride started at 9:07 AM as I rolled out the driveway on my Lynskey Helix bike. The route for today was the “Community Drive – Valley Ranch – Gene Campbell Blvd” with a side trip into Riverwalk. The previous rides on this route didn’t go there and averaged 36 miles. Today I rode 39.75 miles which was helped narrow the gap for YTD mileage between 2022 and 2021 to 3 miles. YTD for 2022 is 4,722 miles. I trail 2020 by 118 miles. This was the 3rd bike ride on this route this year. I rode 962.19 miles in June so far. I might reach 1000 miles if the rain doesn’t stop me tomorrow. Only one other month had more miles than June, April with 1,014.93.

Two dog sprints on the ride. The first came as I rode on Riverwalk Drive back to FM 1314 at the corner of Colorado Drive. A small black dog slithered under the fence and came running and yapping at me. I moved to the center of the road and sped up and the dog stopped after about a hundred feet. That one I saw coming as two dogs raced along the fence until the black one found a spot to go under. The second dog surprised me on Briar Berry Lane at Auburn Park Drive. I have not encountered a dog at that spot before. The dog was black and white and large springing out of the grass and running beside me barking. I yelled at him and pedaled faster and he stopped chasing me after 50 feet or so.

The wind was light from the NE and east with the temperature ranging from 85 to 92 and mostly cloudy. It didn’t feel as hot as it was a few days ago. The headwind was not bad and mostly riding SE on FM 1314 back from Gene Campbell Blvd. My legs were up to the challenge. I think the slightly easier gearing on the Lynskey helped. Weather conditions: start 84 (humidity 64%, dew point 71), mostly cloudy, wind NE 5; finish 91 (humidity 49%, dew point 69), mostly cloudy, wind E 8 mph. The ride ended at 12:08 PM.

According to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report I used the 33×13 gears for 2:15:20 (31.3 miles) out of the total moving time of 2:59:11. I only made 9 RD shifts.

My fitness trend from the Stravini Chrome extension using my Strava data for the last 6 months.

The side trip into Riverwalk added about 3 miles to the ride compared to average distance on previous rides on this route.