{"id":49872,"date":"2019-06-08T13:18:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T18:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=49872"},"modified":"2019-06-08T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T18:18:41","slug":"fourth-200-mile-week-in-a-row-other-cyclists-under-a-blue-sky-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/08\/fourth-200-mile-week-in-a-row-other-cyclists-under-a-blue-sky-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth 200+ Mile Week in a Row, Other Cyclists, Under a Blue Sky Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I started the bike ride a few minutes earlier leaving at 8:18 AM on the “Atascocita – Huffman – Walden” route. I needed 31 miles to put the week at 200+ miles and I actually biked 34.59 miles <\/strong>pushing the week’s total to 203.89 miles<\/strong>, making this the fourth week in a row of 200+ miles. I plan on biking a shorter route tomorrow (Sunday) to boost the week a little more. June now totals 236.93 miles<\/strong>, 30% of the way to my June goal of 800 miles<\/strong>. YTD I am 50% of the way to my 6,800 mile goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reason I try to leave around this time on Saturday is to see other cyclists along the route. As I rode south on W. Lake Houston Parkway over the San Jacinto River a group of 6 cyclists headed north marking the first ones I spotted. I saw another cyclist on Kings River Drive on the way to FM 1960. Once I made the left turn onto FM 1960 from Atascocita Shores Drive several groups and single riders passed on their way to the west while I rode east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Fairlake Drive is where I usually see most of the bikers and the largest group were in the church parking lot. A white Jeep JKU Wrangler followed me from FM 1960 and pulled into the parking lot as I pulled to a stop on the far side of the entrance. From that spot I took these photos. The blue sky is a biker’s dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n