This week sets up my ride at the HH100. With only four days to ride plus a travel day I want to ride enough for 200+ miles. I figure each day should be 35 miles or more. To make things simple I will ride south and east each day on mostly the same route, Atascocita – Walden – Spanish Cove Drive. This route averages around 36.5 miles. Today I added several streets before leaving Kingwood and the W. Lake Houston Parkway to Farmingham Road section of the Atascocita Hike and Bike Trail. This put the ride total at 37.76 miles. A good first day. I wanted to start the ride before 9 AM to avoid some of the heat but the best I could do was wheels rolling at 9:35 AM on my Cervelo Caledonia. I could’ve improved that by a few minutes except the battery on the speed sensor was dead and replacing it delayed me. Before eating breakfast I aired the tires up to 80 psi which made the Cervelo feel a little more spiritedly when I pedaled. I took the Osprey hydration pack filled with ice and water. I think the black color absorbs the heat quicker than my CamelBak melting the ice before I finished the ride at 12:53 PM. Tomorrow I will use the CamelBak to compare it. The better one will win a trip to the HH100. According to a weather app on my phone when I finished it was 100 degrees. The forecast says that will repeat tomorrow.

Weather: Start 87 degrees, humidity 77%, dew point 78.6, mostly cloudy, wind W 10 mph; Finish 94 degrees, humidity 60%, dew point 77.9, cloud cover 38%, wind WSW 3 mph.