{"id":30713,"date":"2015-08-24T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=30713"},"modified":"2015-08-24T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T21:08:11","slug":"schools-start-and-traffic-does-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/08\/24\/schools-start-and-traffic-does-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Schools Start and Traffic Does Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another long ride today on the “FM1960 to FM686 – Back” route to the east leaving home at 11:33. The late start was due to watching stage 3 of the Vuelta a Espana on EuroSport.\u00c2\u00a0 I rode 42.68 miles<\/strong> with a maximum average speed of 15.4 mph. The average speed was up and down depending on stops and when I was riding into the light 5 mph breeze. It was hot again at 92 degrees when I stopped at the Huffman Chevron on the way back home and when I got home my weather station showed 97.9 degrees. Below is the screenshots when I was in Huffman.<\/p>\n

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Humidity is back and I could tell by the amount of sweat I produced whenever I stopped. I stopped at the Dayton Food & Fuel store at the turnaround point at FM686. Iwalked inside the store to get ice and water and I think I left a trail of sweat drippings from the door to the fountain machine and back. Worse thing was I got a phone call while I was inside and left a bigger puddle where I stood while talking.<\/p>\n

I hope these 40+ mile rides are getting me prepared for the 75 mile route at the Hotter’n Hell 100 on Saturday. I think I am ready for the heat but the route has rolling hills and I am a flatlander. I done them many times before so they shouldn’t be a problem.<\/p>\n

At 31.0 miles I rolled into the Chevron station in Huffman. I got there about 1:45. I wasn’t in a hurry to leave because this is the first day of school and I didn’t want to do battle with the Kingwood High School traffic on Kingwood Drive when it let out. I waited to 2:30 to leave thinking by the time I covered 9 miles it would be past the 2:45 dismissal time. I got to Kingwood Drive just before 3:00 and traffic was backed up in both directions. So much for trying to avoid this. I waited 3 to 5 minutes and finally got to the middle of Kingwood Drive where I waited another 2 to 3 minutes to get across to the north side. From there I didn’t have any other problems with school traffic getting home at 3:10.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s weather looks favorable for biking until 5 PM when a chance of rain pops in. I plan on being back before that time.<\/p>\n

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