{"id":14585,"date":"2012-06-12T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=14585"},"modified":"2012-06-12T15:00:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T20:00:32","slug":"a-bluejay-near-miss-june-12th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/a-bluejay-near-miss-june-12th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bluejay Near Miss – June 12th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

The heat and humidity did not let up today. Again I started the ride mid-morning at 10:35AM in a bid to avoid some of the heat. As I write this the temperature on my home weather station sits at 95.9 degrees. During the ride earlier the range was 88 to 93 degrees with 51% humidity when I finished. The light SW 8.1 mph breeze felt good when I rode into it. There was not enough headwind to really slow me down and it seemed to evaporate some of the sweat pouring off. I could’ve used some of the ice from yesterday.<\/p>\n

It took until the 10 mile mark to recover the time to get my average speed up to 15 mph. By the end of the 30.42 mile<\/strong> ride I got it up to 15.5 mph thanks to the wind cooperating in two ways: a tailwind for the first 12 miles and a cooling breeze for the southbound 18 miles. No long rest break today with a total of 11:45 time stopped. Riding or moving time totaled 1:57:30. SportTracks reports my max speed was 26.8 but Garmin connect has a more realistic 21.8 mph. This table shows the breakdown for each 5 mile segment.<\/p>\n

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Near the end of the ride I almost had a collision with a bluejay flying along the bike path I was on. I could feel his wings flapping because they were so close. My right calf might have brushed his wings.<\/p>\n

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