The last two Saturdays I rode organized rides but today I was back to my usual Saturday route around home, Atascocita – Huffman – Walden. I could’ve started a little earlier than I did but I waited for the temperature to get to 70. during that wait I watched stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie Feminin, some of the Il Lombardia race, and ate breakfast. Once the temperature approached 70 I got ready to ride. I rode my Cervelo Caledonia bike and pushed the start button on the Bolt computer at 9:07 AM. The sun was shining and the wind was light from the NE at 7 mph. I hoped to see other cyclists but wondered if my late start would mean they finished before I passed them. Not to worry though, I saw a number of cyclists starting on W. Lake Houston Parkway at Kings Harbor. I needed 13 miles to reach a 200+ mile week and biked 33.02 miles by the time I finished at 11:40 AM making it 220 miles for the week. This is the 5th week in a row at 200+ miles. I have to go places tomorrow so I won’t have time to ride. 21 times I’ve rode this route in 2022.

I almost crashed on Kings River Drive by the pool. I’m not sure what happened but I was trying to take video of a passing cyclist and lost control of the Cervelo for a couple of seconds. I managed to not go down swerving widely back and forth, thank goodness. Maybe I tried to take the GoPro out of the mount before it was turned to the right position?

On the east side of Lake Houston I saw a number of other cyclists starting at the church on Fairlake Lane and onto FM 2100.

Weather for the bike ride: start 70 (humidity 64%, dew point 58), a few clouds, wind NE 7 mph; finish 83 (humidity 45%, dew point 60), a few clouds, wind E 10 mph. I thought about wearing a long sleeve poly T-shirt instead of arm sleeves but decided it would warm up as the sun got higher. Good choice though it was cool until I warmed up.