{"id":20405,"date":"2013-02-25T16:56:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T22:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=20405"},"modified":"2017-03-03T13:11:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T19:11:51","slug":"31-mph-wind-gusts-february-25th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/31-mph-wind-gusts-february-25th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"31 mph Wind Gusts – February 25th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s weather did not turn out the way I expected. The rain threat vanished quickly just before 11 AM thanks to a brisk wind and the sky turned a nice blue with the temperature moving up to 76 by the time I left on my ride at 1:36 PM. The weather service issued a wind advisory of up 40 mph winds late yesterday and I wondered how hard this would make my ride. The weather at G. Bush\u00c2\u00a0Intercontinental\u00c2\u00a0Airport showed the wind from WNW at 15 mph and 28 mph gusts. There were a couple of times where the wind made pedaling very hard mostly heading into it. The worst was going up the Community Drive overpass into the wind. I rode so slow and when I stood up to apply more power my right knee protested and I sit down, went to a lower gear and crawled over the top. I had to\u00c2\u00a0pedal\u00c2\u00a0on the downhill side of the overpass \u00c2\u00a0to overcome the wind.<\/p>\n

With the warmer temperature and sun I wore a lot less today with shorts; shorts, short sleeve jersey and long sleeve jersey. I am glad I rode north and the route put in the position most of the time to enjoy the wind rather than riding into it like I would have on my south route. I rode 28.47 miles<\/strong> at 15.2 mph average speed. The first 5 miles generally was into the wind and on residential streets. All of the remaining 5 mile sections were at 15 mph or more except for the last 3.46 miles, again back on residential streets with a lot of stops and starts. With today’s miles February now totals 310.5<\/strong>, 59 miles from my goal for the month. Links to Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and RideWithGPS.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s weather may make riding interesting with a high of 64 and a NW wind of 10 to 20 mph. This could be a decent practice for Saturday’s Gator Ride. The Baytown forecast for Saturday as of today:<\/p>\n

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The high is getting lower.<\/p>\n

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