In my push to reach 200 miles for the week with missing two days of riding I decided to ride a route to the north through Woodbranch Village. I’ve only rode this route once before according to my SportTracks log August 4th, 2021. The route goes north along US59, through Tavola, crossing Roman Forest Blvd. and into Woodbranch on Linnwood Drive. I used the Bolt computer map to find my way to Woodbranch Drive. I should have rode on Linnwood Drive because the Woodbranch Drive road surface was littered with cracks and depressions in the asphalt. I survived that street and turned left onto Railroad Ave. riding south, the opposite direction I usually ride. From there the route followed streets I ride frequently.
I started at 9:01 AM and finished at 12:08 PM riding my Cervelo Caledonia bike. I was concerned about finishing before the rain described in the forecast arrived but I finished without any rain. It arrived about 1:45 after I was back home. The cloud cover held the temperature down in the 80’s but very humid. Wind stayed steady at 7 mph from the west. It was strong enough that I used the 35×15 gears from FM 1485 to FM 1314. At that point I shifted to 35×13 with the trees blocking some of the wind and the road changing direction through Briar Tree and Oakhurst. Weather conditions: start 80 (humidity 84%, dew point 75), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph; finish 87 (humidity 76%, dew point (78), mostly cloudy, wind W 7 mph. Today’s 37.79 miles increased my week total to 125.37 miles. I plan on riding tomorrow to get closer to 200 miles and then ride the 100 km route at the HH100 on Saturday.
Reviewing the AXS.SRAM.com ride report I used the 35×13 gears 1:32:25 (22.5 miles) and the 35×15 gears 56:34 (11 miles) out of the total moving time of 2:49:44. The RD made 19 shifts.
Early in the ride I recorded a Strava PR on Kris Spraggins Memorial Route (2:32).
