{"id":31281,"date":"2015-10-19T15:56:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=31281"},"modified":"2015-10-19T15:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-19T20:56:38","slug":"chasing-pool-noodles-and-sore-muscles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2015\/10\/19\/chasing-pool-noodles-and-sore-muscles\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Pool Noodles and Sore Muscles"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wasn’t sure how my muscles would react today. After Saturday’s ride I volunteered at my church’s fall fest. My job was to man the “noodle toss” game. The game has 6 hoops in a wood frame and the object is to throw a short foam pool noodle through one of the hoops. Each child got at least 3 tries, some more. The game itself is not to hard but the wind blew the tossed noodles around the parking lot and I bent over many times to pick them up. My shift lasted 1 1\/2 hours and it was harder than biking 53 miles earlier Saturday. My muscles didn’t hurt Saturday but Sunday I was sore from bending over chasing noodles. The lady who replaced me at the end of my shift told me her muscles were very sore too. Last night when I stood up from sitting my leg and back muscles hurt.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to biking today. I got out the door at 12:22 waiting for the temperature to warm up some. It was 79 then and the wind was chilly (from the east at 9 mph). I am glad I wore a long sleeve jersey. In the sun it was just right. I didn’t want to ride too far so I chose the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route and rode a total of 31.73 miles<\/strong>. This was significant putting October miles over the 600 mark and the year to date over 6100 miles.<\/p>\n

Nothing unusual happened on the ride. I stopped at the Huffman Chevron for a break at 19.98 miles into the ride. I ate a snack and drank some Powerade. The 22% humidity dried me out and I needed to hydrate. I wasn’t there too long because I wanted to get across Kingwood Drive before the Kingwood High School let out. That was about 9 miles away. I rolled away at 2:11 heading west on FM1960 with a nice tailwind.Weather screenshots while I was at the Chevron.<\/p>\n

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Near the west end of the causeway another biker caught up with me and passed. We exchanged hellos as he rode by. He wore a QLS jersey and I don’t remember seeing him before. He turned right onto Atascocita Shores Drive and then right at the first stop sign. As I rode past that intersection I saw another rider going opposite of me and waved. He waved back.<\/p>\n

From there I rode towards my goal of crossing Kingwood Drive before the high school traffic. I made it and quickly got across the east bound lanes and after a brief stop I rode across the west bound lanes. Home was about 2 miles away. I got there at 2:59.<\/p>\n

The great weather could change starting tomorrow if the forecast is true. Rain moves in later this week. I will ride when it is dry.<\/p>\n

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