{"id":33689,"date":"2016-07-23T15:51:15","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T20:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=33689"},"modified":"2016-07-23T15:51:15","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T20:51:15","slug":"almost-reached-my-mileage-goal-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/07\/23\/almost-reached-my-mileage-goal-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost Reached My Mileage Goal Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

I biked the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route again today and this time I stopped and took pictures of the turtles on the log and they are really on my phone.<\/p>\n

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Turtles on a log<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Several of them dove into the water as I unclipped from the pedals. I was far enough away I thought they couldn’t hear or see me plus I was behind the bridge railing.<\/p>\n

I was delayed starting the ride by swim practice. I took my niece to the YMCA for Special Olympics and did not get back home until 11:15. While I waited for swim practice to finish I watched stage 20 of the TdF on my Chromebook. I started riding at 11:51. The temperature was a nice cool 95 degrees by then. It didn’t feel so hot while I was moving but whenever I stopped there was no doubt.<\/p>\n

With the later start I chose this route to get 30+ miles and ended up biking 31.37 miles<\/strong>. This puts me with 22 miles<\/strong> of the 765 mile<\/strong> goal for July. So far I rode 221 miles<\/strong> this week.<\/p>\n

The Huffman chevron is where I stopped for a rest break. A large fountain drink of blue PowerAde washed down a Clif bar and a whole grain fruit bar. I think I am getting burned out on both of those. I thought I took pictures of the Elemnt screen but they are not on my phone like the missing turtle photos from a couple of days ago. The break came at 20.1 miles into the ride and I stopped at 1:18 PM. I did manage to get the Huffman weather while I was resting.<\/p>\n

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As you can see the wind was not much of a factor in today’s ride. Heat was though. Looking ahead to Monday and Tuesday rain is in the forecast but only around a 50% chance. I rolled away from the Chevron station about 1:54 heading west on FM1960. The ride went as planned and I finished the ride at 2:41. Before going inside I watered a couple of plants that are suffering from the dry conditions. At my house July rain is .02″ for the month.<\/p>\n

I may ride tomorrow after church although watching the final stage (courtesy of my DVR) may keep home.<\/p>\n