{"id":31107,"date":"2015-10-04T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=31107"},"modified":"2015-10-04T15:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-04T20:57:29","slug":"oakhurst-valley-ranch-for-the-legs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/04\/oakhurst-valley-ranch-for-the-legs\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakhurst – Valley Ranch For The Legs"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to take some Advil when I got up this morning as a result of yesterday’s 41+ mile ride. I needed just 24 miles to reach 100 for the shortened riding week so I picked a northerly route: “Oakhurst – Valley Ranch”. This totaled 29.6 miles<\/strong> bring the week to 106.23 miles<\/strong>. My legs were sore and the north wind (7 mph) did not help when I increased my speed i trying to move my average speed to 15.0 mph. I did improve the average speed to 15.3 mph and held it until I was nearing home in Kingwood where I slowed down to cool down some. Once I was warmed up my leg muscle soreness went away and I could ride at 18 to 20 mph unless the wind was in my face. Then I dropped down to 16 to 17 mph.<\/p>\n

Speaking of cooling down, it was a few degrees cooler than I prefer but still many degrees above my lower limit. It was 74 when I left home at 12:36 and 83 when I returned at 2:37. The problem was riding through shade areas. There the wind lowered my comfort and made wonder if I should have worn a long sleeve jersey. After 6 or 7 miles I moved out of the shady areas and also warmed up from pushing the pedals to not notice the chill.<\/p>\n

Its been three weeks or so since I rode this direction but I wasn’t close enough to check on the Grand Parkway overpass construction on FM1314. I suspect it is still moving slowly. One think I did see was low gasoline prices. While on our trip the lowest price we paid was $1.869 per gallon. I saw $1.839 in Porter when I was riding south from Valley Ranch on the US59 service road. The Stripes station west of Porter on FM1314 showed $1.829 but that required a Sunoco card.<\/p>\n

No other bikers on the route today. I didn’t take a rest break so no weather screenshots. This is the weather at home at the end of the ride. 42% humidity meant not much sweat and I did not wear wrist bands.<\/p>\n

\"10-4-2015<\/a><\/p>\n

This is the third time I rode this route in 2015.<\/p>\n\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Oakhurst – Valley Ranch<\/td>\nCycling<\/td>\nSun, Oct 4, 2015 12:36 PM<\/td>\n1:57:59<\/td>\n29.6<\/td>\n184<\/td>\n15.1<\/td>\n21.4<\/td>\n1388<\/td>\n7528<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakhurst – Valley Ranch<\/td>\nCycling<\/td>\nSun, Sep 13, 2015 12:05 PM<\/td>\n1:56:56<\/td>\n28.51<\/td>\n554<\/td>\n14.6<\/td>\n20.7<\/td>\n1568<\/td>\n7702<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oakhurst – Valley Ranch<\/td>\nCycling<\/td>\nSun, Jan 18, 2015 11:43 AM<\/td>\n1:43:20<\/td>\n25.25<\/td>\n351<\/td>\n14.7<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n1344<\/td>\n6943<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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