I backed the Jeep out of the driveway before 8:30 this morning on my way to Galveston. My plan was to bike Galveston Island when I got there. I arrived at beach access point 32 around 10:30 after driving west of there to refresh my memory of the road situation. I unloaded the Cervelo Caledonia, put on the rest of my biking clothes and set out.

I decided to divide the ride into two parts: beach access point 32 west to Pointe West and ride to Jamaica Beach to the east because the road had a wide shoulder in both directions. The second part I would ride on the Seawall. It was easy riding to Pointe West and making the u-turn where the shoulder went away but riding to Jamaica Beach was hard because of the NE 14 mph (and higher) headwind. At Jamaica Beach the shoulder disappeared and I made the u-turn to go back to beach access point 32.

Packing the Cervelo back in the Jeep I thought I stopped the Bolt computer but I should’ve paused the ride and as I drove back to the seawall every time I stopped and started I heard the beep from the computer on the Cervelo. Needless to say when I checked the computer after parking on Holiday Drive it recorded my drive from the access point to there. I had edit the ride when I got back home.

Biking the seawall had the same challenge with the wind. Riding SW was easy but making the turn at the west end of the seawall and riding back to the parking spot was hard work. With school in session the beach was mostly deserted and the parking spots empty in most places.

It was a good change of scenery for biking and a little different from my bike ride June 8th when I combined the two sections I used today. Then I rode 41.93 miles and today I rode 31.96 miles, leaving out the section of San Luis Pass Road (FM 3005) that doesn’t have a shoulder.

This broke up the ride into different Strava activities. On the Isla del Sol to Jamaica Beach I recorded PR on Jamaica Beach to Terramar Beach (23:13). The Seawall ride produced a lot more top results: 7 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals. There was one for 13 of the 16 Strava segments I biked. Four of them: PR on 13th to Pleasure Pier (4:37), PR on 45th to 61st ST. (6:11), PR on Seawall race (21:50), PR on 29th to 37th – no lights! (2:50). These were all with the tailwind but I also set some into the headwind.