{"id":24841,"date":"2014-06-28T13:35:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T18:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=24841"},"modified":"2016-11-25T08:32:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T14:32:34","slug":"junes-mileage-goal-accomplished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/06\/28\/junes-mileage-goal-accomplished\/","title":{"rendered":"June’s Mileage Goal Accomplished"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rode to the north today and as I passed the entrance into Oakhurst on the US59 south service route I reached my 885 mile goal for June. The wind was battling me as I pedaled into it and when I got home I found out why it seemed so hard: 20 mph from the south with 25 mph gusts. The New Caney – Gene Campbell Rd. route was 36.03 miles<\/strong> long today and the average speed was 15.6 mph. The last 11 miles was fighting the wind and slowed me down whenever I rode into it.<\/p>\n

The ride started at 9:21 with a mostly cloudy sky, 82 degrees and 77% humidity. I delayed the ride about 10 minutes to give some rain clouds over Porter to move out. I figured by the time I got there the roads would have time to dry. When I did get there the roads were so dry I doubt that it even rained there.<\/p>\n

This is a picture of the new asphalt on Adams Street looking to the west (Click on the image to enlarge it). I am not sure if they will put a center stripe on. The dog that has chased me a couple of times has not been around since the new asphalt went down. He may be on vacation.<\/p>\n

\"6-28-2014<\/a><\/p>\n

From Adams Street I went to the north US59 service road to get to Porter. In Porter FM1314 east got me to Loop 494 for the ride to New Caney<\/strong><\/a>. In New Caney FM1485 west brought me to Gene Campbell Road. So far no rain today at this point. Gene Campbell connects with FM1314 and from there I rode to the Stripes station at Valley Ranch Parkway. I had rode about 25.5 miles at this point so I took a break to eat some Pop-Tarts and drink some Gatorade. When I came out of Stripes to sit down there was a young man standing beside the soft drink display. We chatted about biking and his walking long distances. I sat down and he asked numerous people if they could give him a ride to the west on FM1314. Many people turned him down but finally a man said he could ride with him. I was watching the sky while chatting with him and eating. It was getting dark to the east but moving to the north and not my direction. Finishing up I took off through Briar Tree and Auburn Trail to the south US59 service road. The wind was pretty strong and I had to pedal hard all the way to Kingwood Drive and the u-turn to the north service road.<\/p>\n

So far I was soaked from perspiration but as I entered Kings Manor a very light rain started while I rode in the sun. It didn’t take too long to ride out of the rain as I finished the ride. Not long after I got home it started raining. This was the first day I biked on dry roads all the way or didn’t get rained on. No need to wash the Stradalli today, a wipe down was all that I needed to do. At home at 12:25 it was 89 degrees and 63% humidity before the light rain started. I saw the wind was from the south at 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph, the reason I had difficulty riding from the Stripes station to home.<\/p>\n

Mileage report:<\/p>\n