Biking Over Gum Gully
An almost perfect fall day in southeast Texas. Days like this present a reason to be out biking. I was out bikinbg today on the “Stroker Road – Huffman” route for a total of 40.46 miles. I started a little later than I expected leaving home at 11:29. By then most of the bikers on the route were probably back home. I did see two women biking on Tree Lane less than a mile from home but I didn’t see any one else until I was on Old Atascocita Road east of FM2100. I stopped to take a picture of Gum Gully and while I was off the bike these two bikers came up. They asked if I was okay and I told them I stopped to take a couple of pictures.
After that I was by myself. The wind was stiff riding east on Old Atascocita Road but when I turned onto Ramsey Road it became a nice tailwind. I knew then riding north on FM2100 to Huffman was going to require extra effort and it did.
Arriving in Huffman about 1:30 I rode to the Chevron station for a break. The station was extra busy today. After I got some Powerade I chose a place under the pump canopy and leaned back against a pole. As I sat there I noticed how many Jeep Wranglers drove by. Maybe the great weather brought everyone out for a ride. I was at 28.82 miles into the ride at this point. Once I finished I slowly stood up to get my muscles ready for the 11+ miles to home. The weather while I was at the Chevron station.
It was so pleasant riding today. The sun was out with a totally blue sky, the temperature was not quite 90 and the wind was from the north at 9 mph to cool off any heat that I built up from biking.
The “Stroker Road – Huffman” route is a popular one for me and other bikers in the area. Next Saturday the Ride Like an Eagle bike ride starts from Atascocita High School and will use many of the roads I was on today. I plan on doing this ride. The weather forecast looks great. Today was the 10th time on the route in 2015.
Activity Name | Start | Time | Distance | Elevation Gain | Avg Speed(Avg Pace) | Max Speed(Best Pace) | Calories | Total Strokes |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Sat, Oct 10, 2015 11:29 AM | 2:45:46 | 40.46 | 276 | 14.6 | 20.2 | 1871 | 10535 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Sat, Sep 12, 2015 12:17 PM | 2:43:01 | 40.75 | 866 | 15 | 20.6 | 2296 | 10614 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Thu, Jul 2, 2015 9:43 AM | 2:46:56 | 41.94 | 574 | 15.1 | 19.9 | 2262 | 10392 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Thu, Jun 11, 2015 11:25 AM | 2:40:25 | 40.33 | 587 | 15.1 | 20.1 | 2152 | 9760 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Fri, Jun 5, 2015 10:06 AM | 2:35:49 | 39.81 | 564 | 15.3 | 21.3 | 2153 | 9861 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Sat, May 23, 2015 11:56 AM | 2:37:20 | 39.34 | 840 | 15 | 20.9 | 2238 | 10277 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Wed, May 6, 2015 2:53 PM | 2:34:29 | 38.51 | 1273 | 15 | 22.3 | 2352 | 9700 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Tue, Apr 21, 2015 12:47 PM | 2:34:08 | 39.08 | 827 | 15.2 | 20.4 | 2221 | 10280 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Mon, Mar 23, 2015 2:00 PM | 2:34:27 | 38.13 | 574 | 14.8 | 21.2 | 2087 | 10239 |
Stroker Road – Huffman | Mon, Feb 9, 2015 12:18 PM | 2:41:03 | 39.56 | 912 | 14.7 | 21.6 | 2272 | 10102 |
I am getting closer to my goal for the year: 5849 miles in 2015. 225.01 miles this week and 331.24 miles in October. October 2014 I rode 640.1 miles. I have 20 days to ride 309 miles; I should be able to do that. I will take Sunday off as a rest day. I biked 9 out of 10 days in October.
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