{"id":20047,"date":"2013-01-23T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T22:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20047"},"modified":"2017-03-10T20:53:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T02:53:56","slug":"variety-over-boredom-january-23rd-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/23\/variety-over-boredom-january-23rd-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety Over Boredom &#8211; January 23rd Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Route variety avoids boredom so today I changed my northerly route going out of Kingwood by what I call the back way, then north on Loop 494 to New Caney before turning south on the US59 service road. I took my usual route through Valley Ranch, Briar Tree and Oakhurst before going under US59 and back into Kingwood. This route came in at <strong>27.21 miles<\/strong> putting me at <strong>204.16<\/strong> for January. Now I am only 63 miles away from the 267 goal. No strange encounters during the ride, just the normal road surfaces and traffic. Today marked 6 days in a row of riding. I haven&#8217;t done that since September 18 -25, 2012. Today&#8217;s route is conducive for my average speed with only 4 traffic lights in the first 10 miles. I did not have to stop for any of them since they were green. The 5th one was green as well. At that point I turned south into the breeze so the extra speed up to that time came in handy.<\/p>\n<p>The start was a little earlier than my recent rides leaving at 1:05 PM and finishing at 2:56 PM. During the ride the temperature was a comfortable 73 to 75 degrees, the clouds varied from scattered to mostly cloudy. I could tell when the cloud cover increased by the coolness in the variable 6 mph breeze. I think I dressed about right with a long sleeve jersey and windbreaker jacket but no leg warmers added to my shorts. The extra few degrees felt good.<\/p>\n<p>The Saturday weather has warmed up for Coldspring but fog is now in the forecast. It looks like I will have to delay my decision on this ride until Friday evening or early Saturday morning. Friday night forecast: Mostly cloudy in the evening, then overcast. Fog overnight. Low of 52F. Winds less than 5 mph. Saturday: Overcast. Fog early. High of 68F. Winds from the South at 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>Link to <a title=\"http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/265327513\" href=\"http:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/activity\/265327513\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and <a title=\"http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/1105901\" href=\"http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/1105901\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>RideWithGPS.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[wppa type=&#8221;slideonlyf&#8221; album=&#8221;80&#8243; size=&#8221;auto&#8221;][\/wppa]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Route variety avoids boredom so today I changed my northerly route going out of Kingwood by what I call the back way, then north on Loop 494 to New Caney before turning south on the US59 service road. 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