I needed to bike 36 miles to reach 200+ miles for the week. Thinking of possible routes I chose to ride Atascocita – Spanish Cove – Walden but change up some streets. The previous 3 rides on this route averaged around 35 miles in length so I needed to tweak it some. This route is a variation of the Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive. The main difference is the sequence of biking through Walden before Spanish Cove or after. Today I rode to Spanish Cove first along with some changes to lengthen the distance.

It began at 10:39 AM with me moving away on my Cervelo Caledonia bike. Changing the starting streets was the first change and going through Woodridge Forest was the next. I took different streets through Bear Branch Village in Kingwood and back onto regular streets getting to Kings River Drive. Combining Kings River Drive and Atascocita Shores Drive got me to FM 1960 without riding through Walden, I would do that on the way back. From there it was the usual roads to Spanish Cove on FM 2100, making the u-turn and heading north to Huffman and FM 1960. Back across Lake Houston, turning left onto Atascocita Shores pointed me to Walden. I rode the typical Saturday streets back to Kingwood and finished at 1:29 PM biking 37.43 miles and meeting the goal for today. The week now totals 203.08 miles and the month 636.65 miles, leaving 64 miles to hit my 700 mile goal for April.

I didn’t expect to see other cyclists with my later start but I saw several. I missed the first pair because my head was down riding into the wind but I caught sight of them as they passed.

The wildflowers are growing in number and colors as you can see in the video.

Wind was strong today from the east and then from the SE. Once I made the u-turn at Spanish Cove it wasn’t fighting me as much. Weather conditions: Start 74 degrees, 47% humidity, dew point 52, fair, wind E 15 mph gusts 24 mph; Finish 77 degrees, 52% humidity, dew point 58, fair, wind SE 14 mph gusts 23 mph.

Link to the AXS.SRAM.com ride report. The 35×13 gears powered most of the ride time: 1:38:28 (24.2 miles) followed by 35×15 gears 49:56 (9.3 miles).

These two maps show the differences between today’s ride and the previous ride on this route. Today’s ride is on the left and March 4th on the right.