I rolled out on today’s bike ride at 8:37 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia bike. Riding around Kingwood I then headed south going through Atascocita South and on to Walden before crossing Lake Houston. I saw several other cyclists along the way and I think all of them show in the video. I call this route the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” and this was the 3rd time biking it this year though I thought I rode it more than that. By the time I finished at 11:25 AM I rode 35.27 miles, a little less than the other two rides. I now need 50 miles to reach 200 for the week and 104 to get to my 800 mile goal for July.

Strava reported that my ride was harder than my usual effort but I wasn’t thinking that while I was out riding. The heat, sun and wind seemed to slow me down overall. It took 20 miles to get my overall average speed to 13 mph and above. Going east over Lake Houston wasn’t too bad but the return going west into the wind was hard. My legs suffered. According to AXS.SRAM.com ride data I used the 35×13 gears the most time art 1:30:08 (20.7 miles) but I thought I used the 35×15 the most (actual time 48:53). My fitness trend from covering 3 months using Strava data looks like this.

Weather conditions today: start 85 (humidity 82%, dew point 79), mostly clear, wind SE 3 mph; finish 93 (humidity 54%, dew point 74), partly cloudy, wind SW 8 mph. I didn’t notice any salt stains at the end of the ride even with all of the black kit.