While I ate breakfast I watched the Telenet Superprestige Cyclocross Ruddervoorde cyclocross race from Belgium on GCN+. The course was pretty dry and fast. I always watch for the sand section and today it was slightly uphill too. No sand for my bike ride today though. I was back on the road after riding in Watopia in Zwift yesterday due the rain. I waited several hours this morning for the temperature to get to 60. It hung around 58 until about 10:45 and as it neared 60 I started gathering everything I needed to ride.

With the temperature just at my threshold of 60 I needed to wear shorts, leg warmers, a long sleeve poly T-shirt, a long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and full finger gloves. That sounds like a lot of clothing but it is light and after riding for about 15 minutes I was comfortable. The wind chill added to my coolness. The overcast sky didn’t let any sun come through to warm me up. Weather conditions: start 62 (humidity 83%, dew point 56), cloudy, wind NW 11; finish 64 (humidity 79%, dew point 58), overcast, wind W 8 mph.

Me and my Cervelo Caledonia bike rolled out at 11:24 AM following my Atascocita – Huffman – Walden route. I added the loop south to Spanish Cove Drive on FM 2100 to the route lengthening it some. When I finished at 2:11 PM the ride totaled 34.17 miles. Usually the distance is less than 34 miles. With the late start I didn’t expect to other cyclists but on Kings Crossing Drive on the way back another cyclist came up behind me and passed when I stopped for the light at Kingwood Drive. He wasn’t bundled up as much as I was. I was encouraged at the road construction on FM 1960 at Atascocita Shores Drive with the rebar in place and the paving machine poised to spread concrete in the coming days.

Its been several rides since I looked at the cadence chart and data for a ride. Below is from today’s bike ride. A total of 8,262 pedal revolutions and an average of 6.66 m per revolution. Average cadence was in Z16, 76 rpm.