{"id":33842,"date":"2016-08-12T15:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T20:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=33842"},"modified":"2016-08-12T15:34:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T20:34:37","slug":"100-degrees-5-days-in-a-row-and-bike-riding-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2016\/08\/12\/100-degrees-5-days-in-a-row-and-bike-riding-in-it\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Degrees 5 Days in a Row and Bike Riding In It"},"content":{"rendered":"

My late start (11:41) meant the weather had time to warm up but the overcast sky held the temperature below 90 at the beginning. When I reached the Huffman Chevron station for a break at 1:12 the clouds broke up and the sky came through bumping the temperature up to 94. By the time I finished the ride at 2:37 it was up to 98. Officially Houston has had 5 days in a row at 100 degrees but I don’t know if it will make it today. If it misses it won’t be by far. The late start came about because I watched stage 2 of the Arctic Race of Norway where it was cool enough that the racers wore arm warmers.<\/p>\n

I saw another biker early in the ride in Kingwood near Kingwood High School and later I saw another but I can’t remember where. I rode the “Atascocita South – Walden – Huffman” route for a total of 32.38 miles<\/strong> pushing the week’s total to 203 miles<\/strong> and the month to 408 miles<\/strong>, leaving 392 miles<\/strong> to reach my goal for the month.<\/p>\n

When I arrived at the Huffman Chevron one of the ladies came to the door to tell me the blue PowerAde fountain drink was back in service. I thanked her and got a 32 oz drink to go with the snack crackers and Clif bar. The shade and cold drink helped cool me down and slowly the sweat stopped running down my arms. A number of paper towels were needed to soak up all of the water.<\/p>\n

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While I was enjoying the shade and food I heard the Amtrak train whistle around 1:25. A few seconds later the train swooshed through Huffman. It appears the train is now\u00c2\u00a0 back to using this track on a regular basis. I left the Chevron around 2:15 riding west on FM1960. The wind from the SW provided some resistance but I held my speed around 16 to 17 mph which helped increase my overall average speed to 14.5 mph.<\/p>\n

I am not biking tomorrow and Sunday weather looks like rain. Two days off the bike is a good idea.<\/p>\n

Checking the National Bike Challenge Leaderboard I am ranked 198th not including today’s ride. Not bad!<\/p>\n

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