{"id":35753,"date":"2017-03-28T14:07:26","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T19:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=35753"},"modified":"2017-03-28T20:30:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T01:30:43","slug":"driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-race-inspired-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/28\/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-race-inspired-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde Race Inspired Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I almost started the bike ride before 11 AM but I missed it by 2 minutes. In my rush I messed up the started of the bike ride on the &#8220;Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Huffman&#8221; route by going the wrong direction. I recovered and added a mile or so to what I would&#8217;ve biked on the usual starting streets. I bicycled <strong>33.22 miles<\/strong> which put me over my March goal of <strong>586 miles<\/strong>. I am up to <strong>606.06 miles<\/strong> with a possible 3 more cycling days to add more miles. Watching the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde race on Cycling.tv before the ride inspired me to pedal fast. Philippe Gilbert won the first stage, a seasoned pro. I am more than seasoned and not a pro by far.<\/p>\n<p>Great weather for bicycling: scattered clouds and 86 degrees at the 1:22 PM finish. The wind wasn&#8217;t so friendly: SE at 18 mph with 28 mph gusts. This explains why it was hard pedaling to the &#8220;turn around&#8221; point at Old Atascocita Road and FM 2100. March weather continues to be warmer than usual. Rain could arrive tomorrow afternoon so I will need to leave earlier than today; maybe I get out the door before 11 AM.<\/p>\n<h3>Links to <a href=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/13626002\">RideWithGPS.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/918372295\">Strava.com<\/a> metrics and maps.<\/h3>\n<h3>Home weather at the start and finish followed by the airport weather at tend of the ride. The last one shows the strong wind.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.texbiker.net\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/03\\\/28\\\/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-race-inspired-bike-ride\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:1066296}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1200px; height: 708px;\" data-original-width=\"1200\" data-original-height=\"708\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 708px;\" data-original-width=\"400\" data-original-height=\"708\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"396\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"704\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"35756\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png\" data-orig-size=\"1440,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-28-2017 Home Weather Start\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?fit=253%2C450\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?fit=338%2C600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?w=396&#038;h=704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?resize=270%2C480 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?resize=253%2C450 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Home-Weather-Start.png?resize=338%2C600 338w\" width=\"396\" height=\"704\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"396\" data-original-height=\"704\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"3-28-2017 Home Weather Start\" alt=\"3-28-2017 Home Weather Start\" style=\"width: 396px; 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height: 704px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 708px;\" data-original-width=\"400\" data-original-height=\"708\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"396\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"704\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"35755\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png\" data-orig-size=\"1440,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-28-2017 Airport Weather Finish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?fit=253%2C450\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?fit=338%2C600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?w=396&#038;h=704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?resize=270%2C480 270w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?resize=253%2C450 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-Airport-Weather-Finish.png?resize=338%2C600 338w\" width=\"396\" height=\"704\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"396\" data-original-height=\"704\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"3-28-2017 Airport Weather Finish\" alt=\"3-28-2017 Airport Weather Finish\" style=\"width: 396px; height: 704px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<h3>SportTracks ride summary (click on the image to enlarge it).<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35758\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/03\/28\/driedaagse-de-panne-koksijde-race-inspired-bike-ride\/3-28-2017-sporttracks-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1474%2C1274\" data-orig-size=\"1474,1274\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rick Ankrum&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1490708902&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3-28-2017 SportTracks Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=521%2C450\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=694%2C600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-35758\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C1037\" alt=\"ride summary\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1474 1474w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=555%2C480 555w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=521%2C450 521w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-28-2017-SportTracks-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=694%2C600 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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