{"id":3324,"date":"2009-12-20T23:12:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T05:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2009-12-20T23:12:40","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T05:12:40","slug":"texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for December 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/dfwptp.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/somewhere-in-north-texas.html\" href=\"http:\/\/dfwptp.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/somewhere-in-north-texas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DFW Point-to-Point: Somewhere in North Texas<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Steve A<br \/>\nSome of the others got photos of the Lone Star ad which had a lady standing next to her bicycle. Americana in all its glory. The trip back went much faster than the trip out, as we had a tail wind behind us. Still, as Chris demonstrates &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6ikqYdf96s\/Sy5z4AI_6dI\/AAAAAAAAA0o\/akiLAyM-Q5s\/s200\/sanger3.jpg?resize=174%2C200\" alt=\"DFW Point-to-point\" width=\"174\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.theeagle.com\/lifestyles\/Our-Neighbors2009-12-20T00-11-27\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theeagle.com\/lifestyles\/Our-Neighbors2009-12-20T00-11-27\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Our Neighbors | Bryan\/College Station, Texas &#8211; The Eagle<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nfrom www.theeagle.com<br \/>\nState Farm agent Jim Ross supports local elementary schools by giving away a bicycle every six weeks to an outstanding student. His bicycle program recognizes students who excel with citizenship and display the State Farm &#8220;Good &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/331miles.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/its-been-such-long-time.html\" href=\"http:\/\/331miles.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/its-been-such-long-time.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>331 Miles: It&#8217;s Been Such a Long Time<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby 331 Miles<br \/>\nBut recently, a combination of Houston weather, job and family constraints, and attending Texas Longhorns football games has kept me off my road bike. I&#8217;ve commuted to work several times, which is 30 miles round trip, but hadn&#8217;t been on my road bike since &#8230; The 20 miles felt great, and after the ride I knew I needed more. I know what I need to do to get back on the bike with more consistency. It will happen. It wont&#8217; wait on a New Year&#8217;s resolution. It starts today. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/melissatri.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/yesterday-we-spent-day-with-ole-our.html\" href=\"http:\/\/melissatri.blogspot.com\/2009\/12\/yesterday-we-spent-day-with-ole-our.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Melissa in Training<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby Melissa in Training<br \/>\nYesterday we spent the day with Ole, our friend from Denmark. We spent a few hours climbing and catching up. We hadn&#8217;t seen Ole in over 3 years. As it turns out, Ole has started running and has really got in to it. It didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t take long for Melissa to start talking about how she had trained for a Marathon in the past, but backed off after hitting 18 miles in a training session. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/mikendavis.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/20\/they-know-me-here\/\" href=\"http:\/\/mikendavis.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/20\/they-know-me-here\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>They know me here \u00c2\u00ab Made in Austin<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nby davismn<br \/>\nDid a bike tour of my old stomping grounds. Where my gridiron glory began\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 And where it ended\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 Thankfully I took up this whole biking thing and ditched the shoulder pads. As much as I like my bike though I was seriously thinking of stealing George&#8217;s scooter for the ride &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DFW Point-to-Point: Somewhere in North Texas by Steve A Some of the others got photos of the Lone Star ad which had a lady standing next to her bicycle. Americana in all its glory. The trip back went much faster <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2009\/12\/20\/texas-bicycling-blog-and-news-roundup-for-december-20th\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[660],"class_list":["post-3324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycling-news","tag-digest-of-bicycle-blog-posts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-RC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}