Sunday Bike Ride to The Ranch

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After church I set out on today’s bike ride following what I label the “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch” route. I rode 28.13 miles putting the week’s total at 149.16 miles and September now stands at 253.58 miles, 36% of my 700 mile goal. I should be at 50% but due to not riding several days while my wife was ill I am trying to make the shortage. I am 97 miles short of where I should be which I think I can make up if the weather will cooperate. It might rain Tuesday through early Thursday.

Weather while biked today: start 91 (50% humidity, 70.1 dew point), partly cloudy, wind NE 9 mph. Finish 93 (47% humidity, 701. dew point), partly cloudy, wind E 12 mph. I thought starting the ride at 12:05 PM would put me in the heat but it wasn’t as hot feeling as I expected. It was only 2 degrees warmer when I finished at 2:21 PM.

I treated this ride as a recovery and rode easier which Strava agreed with.

Nothing out of the ordinary during the ride but maybe the video caught somethings I missed.

Monday I plan on riding and the weather looks favorable. I may ride the Spring Creek Greenway which I have not done since July. This is a longer ride which will help me reach my goal.

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Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles

I am making progress over previous years with all but 2018 below 2019.

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Love Bugs, Many Cyclists, Fall Like Weather Bike Ride

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Wheels rolled early (for me anyway) at 8:03 AM as I set off on the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route to see other bikers. The ride went for 35.41 miles. September now totals 225.45 miles, 32% of the way to my 700 mile goal. Based on the 14 days so far I should be at 327 miles, or 47% of my the goal. I am getting closer but I need to ride more than 24 miles per day to make up the deficit.

Weather during the ride: start 73 (91% humidity, 70.2 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm. Finish 95 (49% humidity, 72.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind NE 8 mph. I appreciated the arm sleeves at the start for a couple of miles until it warmed up. Fall is in the air though.

Strava tells me this ride was easier than my usual effort. My average speed held at 14.0 mph for most the ride from FM 2100 in Huffman back to Kingwood.

When I stopped on Old Atascoctia Road to shoot some of the videos I spotted the first “love bugs” and they made a cameo appearance in a segment of the video.

Towards the end of the video a group of bikers rode south on W. Lake Houston Parkway while I was stopped on Upper Lake Drive. I almost missed them because I was behind a Jeep. Following the group was a VeloFix van, the first one I saw in Kingwood. I wonder if it covers the area.

The video sums up what I saw on the ride. Lots of bikers once I crossed Lake Houston going east.

I finished the ride at 11:01 AM.

More biking weather on Sunday after church.

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The decades-long quest to build a seamless pedestrian trail system connecting downtown Fort Worth to downtown Dallas is fully funded and scheduled for completion in 2023, regional mobility planners said.

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