20171008 cycling

This week was windy and I really hate wind. Some days I just didn’t have much energy to push and get to 12 mph. Still, I was happy with the miles I did do.

most of the week was overcast & windy while hurricane nate went through the gulf of mexico

Monday
75° humidity 92% wind 6 ENE
Wind was a bitch. Thought my tire was tearing apart. I heard and saw som rubber flapping around. I didn’t want to stop until I had to. After a mile or so, it finally fell off.
Landscaping truck blocking path at The Ridge.
9.05 miles
12.29 mph

cows along sr56

Tuesday
74° humidity 81% wind 8 NE
Ugh. The wind was bad. I couldn’t go any faster and I tried. And by the time I got to where the wind was behind me, I was too tired to really take advantage of it. 
13.28 miles
11.56 mph

clear skies by union park but the wind was still there

Wednesday
72° humidity 83% wind 6NE
Another windy day. I worked late last night so I had no energy to push through it. Lower humidity makes it feel better. 
13.48 miles
11.19 mph

very gloomy and dark at sr56 and mansfield

Thursday
73° humidity 87% wind 8 NE
More wind. There is a portion of fence out on SR56 MUP east of The Ridge. I think it happened Monday night. Today I noticed a floor mat that said Jagermeister. Can I assume this was a drunk driver crashing through the fence?
Headwind along Mansfield
9.47 miles
11.49 mph

Friday
76° humidity 95% wind 4 NE
I had to drive Andy to school so it had to be a short ride today. I was glad for a someone break in the wind. 
Ran into school traffic. I got around the cars driving in the bike lane only to find a car sitting in the bike lane just past the school entrance. His flashers were on and someone got out of the car. I called him an idiot and smacked the mirror. I realized I shouldn’t have don’t that and pedaled as fast as I could. He caught up to me two blocks later and slowed down and rolled his window. He wanted to know who said he was wrong. I said the law. He said “What law?” I said Florida law. “Florida law, eh.” Do you think you are too good for the law? And he drove away. Black Prius Florida Golf plate JCI 46P Though the I could be a 1. 
I wasn’t at 30 minutes so I drove around Deer Run until the exercise ring was closed. 
6.70 miles
12.62 mph

a car ran off sr56 through the fence and into the pond

Saturday
79° humidity 91% wind 4-6 SE
Humid and windy. Not a pleasant ride. 
Stopped at the crash site on SR56. The Jagermeister floor mat is gone. There was part of the windshield and a purple EMT glove. The tracks go into the pond. 
Headwind along Mansfield was brutal. 
12.89 miles
11.46 mph

cows and whips clouds

Sunday
79° humidity 91% wind 6 SE
More wind, less energy. I didn’t fight, just pedaled. Looks like the split up some of the angus heard in with the other herds. I only saw two angus in their field which had been mowed. 
Headwind along Mansfield was bad. 
13.52 miles
11.23 mph
This week 78.3
This year 2610
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