{"id":14400,"date":"2012-05-26T18:37:42","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T23:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=14400"},"modified":"2012-05-26T18:37:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T23:37:47","slug":"giro-blueberries-and-sun-may-26th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/05\/26\/giro-blueberries-and-sun-may-26th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Giro, Blueberries and Sun – May 26th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

After living in Kingwood for almost 22 years I need to get creative to come up with new routes to ride. Today I think I found a new one. While I ride these streets I varied the direction and threw in two I avoid because of the narrow road and traffic. I figured riding on Old Sorters Road to Sorters Road north to FM1314 the distance and time on the narrow roads would be short. Traffic did not cause a problem either. The only thing tough about the ride was the 16 mph SE wind and the 22 mph gusts. Once I made it to the US59 south bound service road the headwind called for strong effort on the pedals. This route ended up at 26.46 miles.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier today I watched stage 20 of the Giro d’Italia. While I may complain about some wind the pro riders went up and down several mountains that I would walk up. To ride 219 km in just over 6 hours. It took me 1:44:30 to ride 26.46 miles today.<\/p>\n

After watching the Giro we went blueberry picking. Braving the crowd and the sun we ended up with about 8 pounds, not counting all of the ones I ate while picking.<\/p>\n

Summer does not arrive for three weeks or so but it is warming up. With the ride starting at 3:13 the heat and sun pushed the temperature up to 93 degrees at the start but it did come down to 90 when I finished. Scattered clouds did not offer much protection so the sunscreen was required.<\/p>\n

As of this ride:<\/p>\n