{"id":36785,"date":"2017-08-05T13:11:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-05T18:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36785"},"modified":"2017-08-05T13:11:53","modified_gmt":"2017-08-05T18:11:53","slug":"humidity-rain-drops-and-cyclists-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/05\/humidity-rain-drops-and-cyclists-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Humidity, Rain Drops and Cyclists Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have too many morning things to do to leave early for a bike ride for some reason. I did manage to start today’s bike ride at 9:30 am though which is earlier than the other bike rides this week.<\/p>\n

Setting out on the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route I passed about 15 to 20 cyclists that did manage to start their rides much earlier than I did. Most of them passed me on various streets west of Lake Houston with a few coming by on the causeway over the lake. One straggler came by headed east over Lake Houston as I rode to the west almost at Atascocita Shores Drive.<\/p>\n

The plan was to ride far enough to hit 200+ miles for the week and I accomplished that with 32.4 miles<\/strong> today moving the week’s total to 209.8 miles<\/strong>. If I’d known it was so close to 210 I would’ve went around the block near the end of the ride.<\/p>\n

The sky at the start was mostly cloudy but not threatening. No rain in the forecast until later in the day. With 85 degrees at the start and 78% humidity it felt cool until I warmed up and then the perspiration started flowing mightily. When I finished at 12:12 pm the temperature had went up only to 87 and the humidity dropped to 71% but it was still muggy. I didn’t realize how much I sweated until I took my socks off after the ride and they were soaked. I encountered some rain on Pine Echo Drive with some nickle sized drops for about 100 feet. At first I thought it was an errant lawn sprinkler throwing water but when I went past two houses and saw the wet spots on the street it was rain. Just before the drops hit me I was thinking the ride would be rain free.<\/p>\n

With the route today putting me at the Huffman Chevron a couple miles earlier than when I ride the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route I decided to take a short rest break to dry up some of the sweat and drink some cold water before resuming the ride. A lady inside the store offered me a cushion to sit on outside but I turned it down because I would have soaked it with the wet shorts. The Greensheet newspaper soaked up a lot of moisture and when I put it the trash it was limp and wet. This was 17.8 miles into the bike ride. I stayed about 15 minutes and then back on the road.<\/p>\n

After finishing the ride taking off my clothes felt like I just stepped out of a swimming pool from the wet clothing.<\/p>\n

I will probably not ride on Sunday since I am making good progress towards my 800 mile goal for August with 176 miles so far. A rest day is in order.<\/p>\n

\"Strava<\/a><\/p>\n

National Bike Challenge Standings<\/h3>\n

\"National<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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