{"id":29553,"date":"2015-04-29T18:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=29553"},"modified":"2015-04-29T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T23:59:46","slug":"two-dog-sprints-on-the-way-to-crosby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/04\/29\/two-dog-sprints-on-the-way-to-crosby\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Dog Sprints on the Way to Crosby"},"content":{"rendered":"

After watching stage 2 of the Tour de Romandie this morning I went out ot the garage to check on the tire pressure on the Stradalli. The tires felt firm but the tire gauge showed about 60 psi. This might explain a little on my inability to ride faster in some situations. I hooked up the tire pump and inflated the tires to 110 psi.<\/p>\n

It was chilly overnight with 52 degrees when I got to see my weather station around 7:45. This could be the last of the chilly weather until fall, I hope. I ate breakfast and read the paper while watching the replay of the Tour of Turkey. After breakfast I then switched to watching the Tour de Romandie to wait for the temperature to warm up enough to ride. I also messed with my cell phone installing an OS update. I will need to learn more about the OS changes. I didn’t realize until I stopped during the ride that I did not turn on data on the phone and the Garmin Live Track wasn’t working.<\/p>\n

I got out of the driveway at 1:14 headed for a route I haven’t been on since the Humble Lions Club Ride back in February. That ride wasn’t exactly the same as the Lions ride but the majority of it was. I named today’s route “Kingwood – Crosby – Kingwood”. Since I didn’t bike yesterday (overcast sky, mid 60’s just didn’t light my riding fire) I wanted to get a long ride in to end April. I can’t ride tomorrow because we are going to the Houston Medical Center for my wife’s cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

The route turned out to be 48.42 miles<\/strong> long. Weather was nice but it could’ve been warmer. My home weather station was 79 when I left and 72 when I got back home at 5:11. The wind had a chill to it and when the sun went behind the clouds it was cooler than I prefer. I checked the weather in Crosby and the wind showed to be calm but I know different. When I got home I checked the airport weather and the wind was 12 mph with 24 mph gusts. No wonder it was hard to pedal into the NNW wind.<\/p>\n

I haven’t been on some of the roads since February and then I didn’t have any dog problems but today was different. The first dog sprint was at the Louie Road and Crosby – Eastgate Road intersection. Out of some high grass a large Doberman came running towards me with teeth bared and lots of barking. This caught be by surprise because of the grass and trees along a fence across the road. Fortunately the right turn put the wind at my back and I was able to increase my speed quickly and get some distance between me and the dog. Surprisingly the dog stopped at edge of a driveway coming out that was in his path. I guess maybe he was guarding his property and that is where it ended. With the wind at my back I rode south on Crosby – Eastgate to a stop sign at Lord Road. I had a choice to go right or left. I chose right but should’ve went left. The house on the right side of Lord Road had a nice high fence but the two gates were open. I could see two large dogs, one a German Shepherd, moving across the yard inside the fence in the direction I was going. The German Shepherd headed for the second gate and the other stayed inside the fence. I turned on the speed to out run the German Shepherd but he was fast. He ran in the grass beside the road just behind me. I could move to the left very far because a pickup truck was coming towards me. When the truck was almost to me the German Shepherd stopped running and turned back. I am not sure if he was tired or the pickup played a part or if his property protection ended. He didn’t bark much, just enough to let me know he was still there. Teeth were flashing too.<\/p>\n

Not counting the dogs, I was able to ride at a strong pace today. I think the increased tire pressure helped. I built up my average speed to 16.3 mph by the time I reached Crosby at around 29 miles into the ride. At that point I started biking into the wind. It turned out that from the 29 mile point until I got home 19 miles later I rode into the wind. I pedaled strong and managed to keep my average speed from falling too far and not drop as much as I thought it would. By the end of the ride it was 15.5 mph.<\/p>\n

The rest stop at the Huffman Chevron was needed. The legs and stomach both cried for some relief. I ate and drank while my legs regrouped. After a bout 25 minutes I was back on the bike headed home. I saw two other bikers during this stretch, one on FM1960 east of Lake Houston and the other on Kings River Drive. My body was glad when I reached home.<\/p>\n

I did learn that FM2100 is busy in Crosby. The recently completed railroad overpass doesn’t have much of a shoulder and I wasn’t looking forward to biking up over it. Fortunately they left the old street along side the overpass which I rode. No traffic and no hill. On the other end of the overpass I took a quick break to check the traffic flow before riding on the 4 ft. shoulder to Huffman. Traffic was not a problem there.<\/p>\n

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