{"id":36007,"date":"2017-04-21T16:02:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36007"},"modified":"2017-04-21T16:02:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T21:02:14","slug":"back-on-the-road-from-watching-astros-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/04\/21\/back-on-the-road-from-watching-astros-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Back on the Road From Watching Astros Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a day off when my wife and I went to the Astros game I was back bicycling today on the “New Caney – Roman Forest – Valley Ranch” route for a total of 40.59 miles<\/strong>. I started at 11:42 with the temperature around 82, mostly cloud sky and a 10 mph breeze. By the time I finished at 2:52 the temperature bumped up to 85, the sky was still mostly cloudy but the wind was a killer: from the south at 13 mph with 22 mph gusts. This explained why I rode so easily to Roman Forest Blvd. and into Roman Forest.<\/p>\n

The return leg from Roman Forest Blvd. to Kingwood wasn’t as easy or quick. The wind slowed the speed down and the pedaling effort up. For a time after a quick stop at the New Caney Mobil station to wipe the screen of my Elemnt computer I shifted down a gear to help me on the south bound service road while biking by the closed shoulder in front of the new Walmart under construction. Once I was beyond that area I shifted back to the 34 x 13 gearing. I could see the watts go up some with the increased effort pedaling.<\/p>\n

I took a short stop at the Stripes store to refill my water bottle and eat a trail mix bar before doing battle with the wind again.<\/p>\n

Once I was back in Kingwood I thought I might get caught in the rain again when a few drops starting falling while I was about 2 miles from the finish but the drops ended and I made it without getting wet again. I hosed the Stradalli at home since I didn’t take time to do that after Wednesday’s wet ride.<\/p>\n

With today’s bike ride I am at 536.34 miles<\/strong> for April, 236 miles to reach my goal. With 9 possible biking days left I will need to average 26.2 miles per day if I ride each day.<\/p>\n

Links to Strava.com<\/a> and RideWithGPS.com<\/a> for today’s ride.<\/h3>\n
\"Strava<\/a>

Strava Extended Statistics<\/p><\/div>\n

Airport weather at the end of the bike ride<\/h3>\n

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