{"id":29402,"date":"2015-04-11T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29402"},"modified":"2015-04-11T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T21:18:00","slug":"just-missed-the-rain-on-this-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/11\/just-missed-the-rain-on-this-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Missed the Rain on This Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

I delayed the start today waiting for the sun to shine at least a little and the temperature to get around 73 or more so that I only needed a long sleeve jersey. By 12:23 it was about 73 degrees and the sun was peeking out from behind the clouds. The forecast said rain was possible around 3 PM which set a goal for me to return home. I made it home at 3:12 and by the time I walked from the garage to our master bedroom I could hear rain on the skylight in the master bath. The wind was kind to me today staying below 10 mph for the majority of the ride.<\/p>\n

Riding the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I was headed into the light NE wind most of the time so my speed wasn’t as high as I preferred. Over the 34.4 mile<\/strong> ride I averaged 14.8 mph settling back from the 15.0 mph max average speed I built up riding home from Huffman with the wind. I was doing well enough that I shifted into the 34 x 12 gears and was cruising at 20+ mph on FM1960 over Lake Houston. This was a long uninterrupted stretch of road from FM2100 to Pinehurst Trail where I turned right from FM1960.<\/p>\n

The rest break at the Huffman Chevron lasted about 15 minutes. As I was getting back on the Stradalli to leave I saw two bikers on the far side of FM1960 turning right onto FM2100 to cross the railroad tracks. The next biker I saw was on the bridge over the San Jacinto River on W. Lake Houston Parkway. While I was at the Chevron station I checked my phone for the weather because the sky seemed to be getting darker to the west where I would be headed.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t able to ride yesterday (Friday) because of the intermittent rain in the area. Sunday and Monday look iffy as well with rain in the forecast.<\/p>\n

Mileage standings as of today’s ride: 132.79 miles this week, 233.83 miles for April, 1244 miles so far this year.<\/p>\n

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Weather in Huffman during my rest stop<\/p><\/div>\n

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