Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 14th

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Today my wife and I attended the Houston Area Special Olympics Cycling competition. The site was Memorial Park in Houston. Competition began at 8:00 AM and continued until after 3:00 PM. Some of the vents include 10K race, 10K time trial, 1K race, 500m race, 25K race, 5K race and a 15K race. Most athletes competed in more than one event. My niece competed in the 1K and 5K race. She won a gold medal in the 1K and a silver in the 5K. The gallery below shows some of the athletes.

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Living my life on two wheels in Austin
by Austin American-Statesman

Thus began a fitful affair with my training-wheeled bicycle. I say fitful because the first year was good, smooth. My turmoil began upon our family’s move from Virginia to Texas, where I discovered everyone my age had already learned how to ride…

Iron Haus Time Trial Series – Castroville, TX

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Iron Haus Time Trial Series – JUNE 2011
Presented by Ciclismo SA , Britton’s Bicycle Shop, Jimmy Britton
Castroville, TX
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Online Registration Closes Thursday, June 02, 2011 at 11:00 PM ET
This event is a 20/40km Time Trial on Saturday June 4 , 2011,  starting at Iron Haus Fitness in Castroville and heading up FM 471 and back.  The Start / Finish Line will be located in front of Iron Haus on FM 471 and be an out and back course.

The first rider will take off at 8:01 AM.  20k participants will be the first to go and the 40k participants will follow with the first 40k rider at no earlier than  8:30 a.m. .  The course is an out and back along FM 471.  The turn around will be marked and a recorder in place to validate the turn.  The Time Trial will be recorded and times will be posted 20 minutes following the last finisher.

The start times will be assigned in the order of category and time of registration. Juniors and 20k participants will have the earliest start times.  Teams will be the first off following the 20K participants.

The teams  will start  last and must have  at least 2 and no more than 6 riders.  Team time is based on the last team rider to finish.

I had a dog sprint around the 22 mile mark – May 14th Bike Ride

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The first 20 miles of today’s ride was a brute due to the stiff headwind of 17 mph or more. I got a late start for a Saturday ride since I did not get home until after 3:00PM from the Houston Area Special Olympics cycling competition at Memorial Park. My goal was to ride at least 42 miles to set up tomorrow’s ride which should get me to 120 or 125 for the week.

The weather for the ride was picture perfect again although there was a hint of coolness in the wind and the expected 52 degrees tonight. The blue sky and 80 degrees at the start were excellent. By the time I finished the temperature was down to 78. We are supposed to have this same weather fro several more days. The humidity was in the 30 – 40% range when I was riding.

I had a dog sprint around the 22 mile mark. This large silver haired dog was determined to stick with even though I was pushing the speed up over 24 mph. Thank goodness this was with a tailwind or the dog may have stayed with me even longer.

My average speed was 15.5 mph which is a lot higher than I expected with the wind in the first 20 miles. This goes to show what a tailwind can do. My maximum speed was 24.1 mph (dog sprint) and average cadence was 81.9 rpm. May miles are at 287.23 and year to date miles are 1789.90.

5-14-2011 Bike Ride Data and Route Map

5-14-2011 Home Weather Finish

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