{"id":25123,"date":"2014-07-28T14:21:43","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T19:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=25123"},"modified":"2016-11-12T20:20:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T02:20:30","slug":"11-miles-into-the-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/28\/11-miles-into-the-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Miles Into the Wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to leave before 9 AM this morning to get a jump on the heat but I couldn&#8217;t get out the door and down the driveway until 9:30. By then it was already 83 degrees. The weather was great for biking with scattered clouds and a light breeze.<\/p>\n<p>This needed to be a longer ride so I went north along US59 to SR242. The ride went well until turning west on SR242. For the 11 miles on SR242 I was riding into the wind. My speed bogged down to 14.5 to 15.5 mph. There are some rolling hills around Fire Tower Road and I slowed down going up the hills. I took a quick stop at the Shell station at FM1485 and SR242 to get some ice to carry me to the Stripes station on FM1314.<\/p>\n<p>Once I reached FM1314 the wind moved to my right rear quarter and I picked up speed to the Stripes station. After passing Gene Campbell Road going to Porter I shifted into the big front ring and sped up to almost 25 mph for a few miles. The Garmin Edge 510 recorded an interval change and when I looked down the interval I just completed took 15:33. This is about 2 minutes faster than normal. Unless I am going downhill 25 mph is a rarity.<\/p>\n<p>The stop at Stripes was about 35 minutes long as I enjoyed the shade, snack and cold drink. This was at the 37.75 mile point. The total ride distance was <strong>48.57 miles<\/strong> and I averaged 16.2 mph.<\/p>\n<p>The Houston Chronicle had an article this morning about the Grand Parkway construction. The land clearing is going on along the corridor between I-45 and US59. Many changes are expected once the construction is complete with housing and commercial. Houston is booming. I hope we don&#8217;t overcook it. Many of the subdivisions I bike through have a number of homes under construction as well. The logging and clearing north of FM1314 is making progress. The land is now more clear than wooded. I was passed by one logging truck full of logs on FM1314 and a couple passed me on SR242 that were empty.<\/p>\n<p>Mileage standings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>48.57 miles this week<\/li>\n<li>769.32 miles for July (53 miles over my goal)<\/li>\n<li>4144 miles year to date<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>[wppa][\/wppa]<\/strong> %%slide=377%% %%size=auto%%<\/p>\n<p>[iframe http:\/\/connect.garmin.com:80\/activity\/embed\/551730507 465px 550px]<\/p>\n<p>[iframe http:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/trips\/3085327\/embed 90% 700px]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to leave before 9 AM this morning to get a jump on the heat but I couldn&#8217;t get out the door and down the driveway until 9:30. By then it was already 83 degrees. 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