{"id":36842,"date":"2017-08-13T15:36:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=36842"},"modified":"2017-08-13T15:36:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:36:50","slug":"mid-afternoon-bike-ride-in-the-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2017\/08\/13\/mid-afternoon-bike-ride-in-the-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Afternoon Bike Ride In the Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a late start today (1:15 pm) after getting home from church. The temperature was cooking at 96 degrees under partly cloudy skies, 6 mph westerly breeze and 58% humidity. The goal was to ride enough miles to get to 200+ for the week so I rode the “Atascocita – Walden” route for a total of 21.3 miles<\/strong> and the week ended at 207.6 miles<\/strong>. This is the 5th week in a row of 200+ miles and 6 out of the last 7 have been over 200 miles. This is how I reach my goal for the month and year. I am up to 383 miles<\/strong> for August leaving 417 miles to hit my goal.<\/p>\n

My National Bike challenge rankings didn’t last long: I am 60th for Texas (up 1 place) and 1009th nationally (up from 994).<\/p>\n

The bike was the Blue Norcross AL for variety and I think with the extra weight but shorter miles than when I ride the Stradalli the work effort was about the same.<\/p>\n

After yesterday’s bike ride I performed maintenance on one of my home weather stations. I cleaned out some cobwebs, washed off mildew and replaced the AA batteries that looked like they were about to rupture. After the work I am now getting more realistic weather data.<\/p>\n

No cyclist sightings along the ride today. Everyone was sensible to stay inside with the heat index at 115.<\/p>\n

Not much change in the weather for Monday. I plan on biking but earlier than today.<\/p>\n

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

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