{"id":41450,"date":"2018-05-12T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T19:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=41450"},"modified":"2018-05-12T14:56:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T19:56:55","slug":"canyon-racks-up-miles-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/12\/canyon-racks-up-miles-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Canyon Racks Up Miles Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s bike ride took me through the spot where I had the flat on Thursday’s bike ride but no flat today. I rode the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route for a total of 33.05 miles<\/strong>. Now with these miles the Canyon Endurace CF SLX has 2053.7 miles<\/strong> all since February 27th. This week is third one in a row with 200+ miles at 230.29<\/strong> and May stands at 402.33 miles<\/strong> leaving 257.67 miles<\/strong> to reach my goal for the month. May is not half over so the goal looks reachable. That is good because my June goal is 800 miles.<\/p>\n

Wheels rolled at 11:15 am. With the warm weather I chose shorts and a short sleeve jersey. Weather during the bike ride: start 85 (71% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 7 mph, gusts 17 mph. Finish 87 (69% humidity), mostly cloudy, wind S 12 mph, gusts 20 mph.<\/p>\n

Wind was a problem, especially the gusts. My legs are tired from riding 11 days out of 12 so far in May and the power to pedal through a strong headwind is not there each day. Today was one of those days.<\/p>\n

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The humidity is inching up as well making it feel warmer and muggy.<\/p>\n

No photos from the ride but I did take a short rest break at the Huffman Chevron at the 18.9 mile mark. I refilled my water bottle and rode west on FM 1960 before turning left to head to Walden. This was the last section where I had a headwind. The legs bogged down some but regained some speed with the streets turned north and the tailwind prevailed.<\/p>\n

On the way to Huffman I found Town Center Park to be closed with food trucks and booths so on the way back I stayed on W. Lake Houston Parkway until the Park and Ride entrance. I finished the bike ride at 1:55 pm.<\/p>\n

Sunday is Mother’s Day so I will take a rest.<\/p>\n

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n

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