{"id":25501,"date":"2014-08-28T17:36:07","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=25501"},"modified":"2014-08-28T17:36:07","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T22:36:07","slug":"temperature-lightens-up-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/28\/temperature-lightens-up-some\/","title":{"rendered":"Temperature Lightens Up Some"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mid-afternoon rides this time of the year usually means the hottest time of\u00c2\u00a0 the day but not for today’s ride. I left home at 2:04 with the sky showing layers of clouds with blue showing through in places. The temperature was 88 degrees. With the later start I switched from the Atascocita – Walden – Huffman route to the slightly shorter Atascocita – Huffman one. I biked 30.02 miles<\/strong> averaging 15.3 mph. Riding to the south and east meant I was going into the wind (SE 12 mph) until I turned left onto FM2100 from Old Atascocita Road. I was able to make up some of the slower riding speed from that point to home. Even with the lower temperature my wrist bands were still soaked when I stopped in Huffman.<\/p>\n

My usual rest stop at the Huffman Chevron dried me out with the wind flowing smoothly under the canopy. Not much went on while I was there. I did notice a man driving a Porsche Cayenne Turbo stop for gas. I don’t know how much this car cost but it was interesting seeing him pull out a rather old flip phone to talk on while filling up. Leaving the station I rode west with the help of a nice tailwind getting up to 21+ mph.<\/p>\n

Later as I rode north on W. Lake Houston Parkway over the river I saw another biker riding the opposite direction on the trail to my right. He was decked out in a full kit but I could see it long enough to identify it.<\/p>\n

My August mileage moved up to 927.94 miles<\/strong> positioning me to beat my previous monthly high if the rain cooperates. Friday, Saturday and Sunday weather shows 50% or higher chance of rain for some of each day. This week’s mileage is 131.8<\/strong> and year to date I stand at 5140 miles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Links to RideWithGPS<\/strong><\/a> and Garmin Connect<\/strong><\/a>. Click on the image below to enlarge it.<\/h3>\n
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