{"id":47519,"date":"2019-03-02T16:20:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-02T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=47519"},"modified":"2019-03-02T16:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T22:20:31","slug":"baytown-ymca-gator-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/02\/baytown-ymca-gator-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Baytown YMCA Gator Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I got up early today (5 AM) to drive to Lee College in Baytown for the 8:30 AM start. Leaving home around 6:20 AM I drove through some fog\/mist and when I got to Loop 330 and Lynchburg Road I saw the sign flashing ferry closed. I was glad I registered for the 53 mile route (actually 51. 01miles). I suspected once the fog lifted the ferry would open and the 63 and 43 mile routes would take the ferry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arriving about 7:10 AM I walked to the gym to pick up my number and shirt (I pre-registered) and met a long line. Once inside the line broke into pre-registered and not registered. After 10 minutes or so I made my way to the table, got checked off the list, received my t-shirt and number. From there I walked back to the Jeep handing out Texbiker.net business cards along the way. I gave away all I brought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back at the Jeep I got the Canyon Endurace CF SLX out, mounted the front wheel, added my number to the back of the jacket, and then rode to the starting line. I expected to wait until 8:30 AM when the 53 route left but riders were leaving when they wanted. I took a couple of photos, started the PowerPod and started the ride at 8:14 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/publicalbum@latest\/dist\/pa-embed-player.min.js\" async><\/script>\n<div class=\"pa-embed-player\" style=\"width:100%; height:480px; display:none;\"\n  data-link=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/jy26rKrLzHehELYs5\"\n  data-title=\"3\/2\/2019 Baytown YMCA Gator Ride\"\n  data-description=\"28 new photos \u00c2\u00b7 Album by Rick Ankrum\"\n  data-slideshow-repeat=\"false\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/8wkR6tYppcZadQ9HQw-VSY_N17Rnxwd8C1pUhhq9E0xJ8yJnbKB0dZt6hBkFw3eI08RU4FYQ6vvlw58-89DXsQax9OpzSjdH5EYNTcpA2Mk5Lsw2tx1SvAlleNjw2zcaYVvtlkfKIow=w1920-h1080\" src=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/gvWR5ksvaf_qWkE_qEdhiQGrGfvMczAFTAP8Ymos8YEqUw1beQeE8n58lDSsL5XGmZ3xoSCtfvDTqmaQfU10j6NIUqrvcOBtMVNXAglOsQwysw3IbU-g8y_B3SZsTMp9XsRNJxUu-sM=w1920-h1080\" 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You needed to know the color designated for the route though. I was okay since the 53 and 33 mile routes stayed together for awhile and at the first rest stop I checked the big map to learn that the 53 route was dark blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I dressed based on the forecast with shorts, leg warmers, long sleeve thermal jersey, wind breaker jacket, and half finger gloves. I chose those gloves expecting it to warm up during the ride. For the first 10 miles or so my fingers were chilly but then I didn&#8217;t think about them. Weather during the bike ride: start 59 (93% humidity), fog\/mist, wind NE 7 mph. Finish 70 (79% humidity), mostly cloudy with haze, wind E 8 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The roads were generally smooth with a few rough short sections. Loose dogs appeared in three places. The first two were aggressive but short lived. The third one though was super aggressive wanting a pound of flesh as I told the cyclist ahead of me when I caught up with him after the encounter. This was around the 20 or 21 mile point so I was warmed up and the wind didn&#8217;t slow me down as I out raced him. He lasted a hundred yards or so and then gave up circled back to his waiting spot for the next biker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By now the route headed east or northeast into the wind but would turn south putting the wind in position to help some. I was ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to rest stop 4 I stopped but at number 5 I rode on by partly because I didn&#8217;t see it until I was at the left turn and needed to go across two lanes to get there. From there it was about 13 miles to the finish and I kept the pace up and my average speed at 14.6 mph. The roads looked familiar even though the last time I did this ride was 3\/2\/2013. This section had some freshly resurfaced roads which was nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in Baytown a funeral procession caught up with cyclists and I stopped near the cemetery off Ferry Road to wait for the cars to move by. Resuming there was about 8 miles to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few hundred feet from the finish a group of us stopped for a slow moving freight train to clear the crossing. 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