{"id":21984,"date":"2013-07-24T17:42:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T22:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=21984"},"modified":"2017-01-06T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:06:11","slug":"heavy-legs-july-24th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2013\/07\/24\/heavy-legs-july-24th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Legs – July 24th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Riding to Huffman today I varied the route a tiny bit once I got over Lake Houston going down W. Lake Houston Parkway. Nothing big but I skipped these streets for awhile to try some others. I planned to ride 30 miles or more and ended up at 31.62 miles<\/strong> averaging 15.5 mph. This put me over 4000 miles with 4027<\/strong>. July moved up to 701.79 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Weather continues to be warm but I caught a break at the 10:50 start at 84.7 degrees and 66% humidity. The forecast was for 99 degrees but I had my doubts because the sky was overcast and the light 9 mph SW breeze felt a little cool. Later at 1:24 when I got back home it had increased to 93.7 degrees and 47% humidity. It must be my jersey selection today that my perspiration dripped a lot at the Huffman Chevron while I stopped.<\/p>\n

I did not have too much trouble maintaining a good pace except when I left the Huffman Chevron heading west on FM1960. The wind really made pedaling hard and my speed never rode much above 15 mph. Once I got the west side of the lake and turned onto Atascocita Shores the wind let up or my legs got stronger and I increased my speed. The rest of the route I went in and out of the headwind as I changed direction but kept the speed up around 19 to 20 mph. On Fairlake Drive I encountered another bicyclist going the opposite direction. He was wearing a red, white and blue jersey with a big white star on the right front. We waved just before a car drove between us. Riding south on Fairlake Drive I thought the time for a train might be near and as I went over the tracks I looked to the left and in the distance was the end of the train stopped. Crossing over the tracks on FM2100 at FM1960 I saw the train engines standing. I think the engineers stopped for lunch or maybe a potty break.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow the forecast is 97 degrees. I need to start an hour earlier than today but I can’t seem to get out the door for some reason.<\/p>\n

Links to Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a> and RideWithGPS.com<\/strong><\/a> metrics and maps. The route around here are as flat as a pancake. Wind is the challenge.<\/p>\n

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