{"id":32945,"date":"2016-04-25T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=32945"},"modified":"2016-04-25T16:42:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T21:42:01","slug":"rain-drops-leave-and-i-bike-to-splendora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/04\/25\/rain-drops-leave-and-i-bike-to-splendora\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain Drops Leave and I Bike to Splendora"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ride didn’t get off to a good start. Moments after I left the driveway (12:08) I felt a rain drop. There weren’t many but for the first 1\/2 mile every few feet I got hit by a rain drop. I could see some blue sky to the north where I was riding to so I kept riding hoping the rain would disappear. It did and I was happy. In the quest to reach my April mileage goal I chose the “Splendora – Valley Ranch – Oakhurst” route. The last I rode this route earlier in April it was over 40 miles and today it totaled 40.87 miles<\/strong>. This boosted my monthly total to 639 miles and the goal is 772.<\/p>\n

Getting to Splendora went easily thanks to the SE 8 mph wind but the return to home after heading south in Splendora was tough. My legs were slow and not as full of energy as yesterday. Riding into the wind I slowed down and my average speed slowly fell too. I stopped at the New Caney Chevron for a quick water bottle refill and got back on the bike. Looking at the time I figured I would ride thorugh the Briar Tree schools’ traffic if I stopped at the Stripes station at FM1314. With the water bottle topped off in New Caney I decided to ride past the schools and take a break at the Oakhurst Community Pool. There is a park with benches in the shade. My Edge 520 when I got there.<\/p>\n

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I enjoyed the shade and ate some snacks to give my legs time to recover for the last 8+ miles to home. The only other times I stopped at the pool was when I had a flat several years ago and another time when I got caught in the rain. The traffic noise was much lower than at Stripes. I stayed there long enough for the Kings Manor school traffic to clear out before leaving. The weather while I was at the pool.<\/p>\n

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I got back home at 3:33.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow the weather looks favorable for more biking but Wednesday looks very wet. My mileage quest may get washed out on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The RidewithGPS and Strava maps are live. Click on them to see more information.<\/p>\n

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