After church I got ready for today’s bike ride with the heat about 93 degrees. I filled my CamelBak with plenty of ice and water and rolled my Lynskey Helix bike to the driveway. The wind was stronger than the rides earlier in the week but no rain threat like yesterday. I pushed the Bolt computer start button at 1:29 PM to begin the ride. The later start meant I would biking Kingwood streets, greenbelt trails and the San Jacinto Bayou Greenway. I estimated the ride would be 15 miles long but it ended up at 19.5 miles and the week ended with 227.16 miles marking the 11th week in a row at 200+ miles. I made progress towards my 800 mile goal for August with the same mileage total.

The route is never identical in Kingwood and today I rode on Adams St. for the first time in several months. That probably why my 15 mile estimate was not very good. I skipped the northern portions of Kingwood.

Riding on the greenbelts and greenway kept me in mostly in the shade and the wind felt cooler than out in the sun. At times riding in the headwind required hard pedaling stressing my legs more than they wanted. My Sunday rides in Kingwood does not produce much speed with the average speed usually in 12 mph range.

Weather for the bike ride: start 93 (humidity 53%, dew point 74), mostly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph gusts 16 mph; finish 93 (humidity 57%, dew point 75), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph.