{"id":42629,"date":"2018-06-28T14:02:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=42629"},"modified":"2018-06-28T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T19:02:02","slug":"goal-no-not-the-world-cup-one-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/goal-no-not-the-world-cup-one-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal!! No, Not the World Cup One Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goal!!<\/strong> No, not the World Cup one but me reaching my June mileage goal of 800 miles with today’s 34.33 miles<\/strong> boosting the month to 809.96 miles<\/strong>. With two more potential biking days I should add to that total.<\/p>\n

The bike ride started at 10:18 am on the “Kingwood – SH 242 – Kingwood” route going north. The weather was great.<\/p>\n

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Home Weather Start<\/p><\/div>\n

The PowerPod showed believable watts as I rode to SH 242 after making my way out of Kingwood. The light wind helped some as I set a nice pace pushing my average speed to 14.8 mph. At SH 242 the turn around took me west to the race track where I went left and back to the south bound service road. That is when the headwind became noticeable but I was able to keep my speed high enough to not loose the overall average speed.<\/p>\n

Stopping at the New Caney Mobil station at FM 1485 just long enough to refill my water bottle I was back biking again still not having too much of a problem with the headwind. At Valley Ranch I turned west and the wind was a little stronger but still manageable. A slight reduction in effort came as I turned left from Valley Ranch Parkway into the Azalea District to get back to the south bound service road.<\/p>\n

I stayed on the service road to Northpark Drive when I made a quick stop at the Circle K\/Valero station for more water and ice.. Taking the old road back to the service road I continued south to Kingwood Drive making the u-turn. From there I rode through Kings Manor back into Kingwood. I finished the bike ride at 12:51 pm. Weather at the finish.<\/p>\n

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Home Weather Finish<\/p><\/div>\n

While my home weather showed a light breeze the airport weather reported 18 mph gusts which I think accounts for some slowness as I rode south to Kingwood Drive.<\/p>\n

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Airport Weather Finish<\/p><\/div>\n

The humidity wasn’t too bad but I still put out a lot of sweat.<\/p>\n

Interesting note about the power curve in the image below. For about the first 8 minutes the PowerPod showed some high watts output but then settled down to normal output. I learned that the PowerPod adjusts the tilt setting in that time period if it is different from the previous ride. I moved the PowerPod after the last ride and that is why the watts spike upward before the tilt was recalibrated.<\/p>\n

SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n

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