{"id":50723,"date":"2019-07-31T16:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50723"},"modified":"2019-07-31T16:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T21:52:20","slug":"july-bike-rides-end-on-high-level-goal-exceeded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/31\/july-bike-rides-end-on-high-level-goal-exceeded\/","title":{"rendered":"July Bike Rides End On High Level: Goal Exceeded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Great bike ride to wrap up July biking. I chose the &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route and rode <strong>34.58 miles<\/strong>. This put July&#8217;s total at <strong>958.03 miles<\/strong>, <strong>158 miles<\/strong> over my goal. Start time was 11:16 AM in time to catch the warm part of the day and finished at 2:04 PM before it hits peak heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recap of July&#8217;s rides. I biked 27 out of 31 days. Average ride distance was 35.48 miles. Longest ride was 48.43 miles on the Spring Creek Greenway July 1st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"883\" data-attachment-id=\"50720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-ridewithgps-july-bike-rides-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?fit=1525%2C1122&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1525,1122\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7-31-2019 RidewithGPS July Bike Rides Summary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?fit=600%2C441&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?fit=800%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C883&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?w=1525&amp;ssl=1 1525w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=640%2C471&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=600%2C441&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-RidewithGPS-July-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=800%2C589&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today&#8217;s bike ride weather: start 88 (76% humidity, 79.7 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 5 mph. Finish 94 (59% humidity, 77.4 dew point), partly cloudy, wind N 8 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Tavola I stopped at the community center and pool to take these photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockgallery-stacked alignfull\"><ul class=\"blockgallery has-fullwidth-images\"><li class=\"blockgallery--item\"><figure class=\"blockgallery--figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1-800x600.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"50722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-bike-ride-tavola-pool-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 3 XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564576040&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;54&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000298&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7-31-2019 Bike Ride Tavola Pool-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1-800x600.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-31-2019 Bike Ride Tavola Pool-1\" data-id=\"50722\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-bike-ride-tavola-pool-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-50722 has-shadow-none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?w=2400 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-1.jpg?w=3600 3600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blockgallery--item\"><figure class=\"blockgallery--figure\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2-800x600.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"50721\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-bike-ride-tavola-pool-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Pixel 3 XL&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564576052&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.44&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;58&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000256&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7-31-2019 Bike Ride Tavola Pool-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2-800x600.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-31-2019 Bike Ride Tavola Pool-2\" data-id=\"50721\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-bike-ride-tavola-pool-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-50721 has-shadow-none\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?w=2400 2400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Bike-Ride-Tavola-Pool-2.jpg?w=3600 3600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I stopped for ice and water two times: Shell station on Roman Forest Blvd. and Stripes on FM 1314.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to a modest tailwind the ride back from Tavola to Kingwood hit a higher speed pulling my average up to 13.9 mph before dropping as I entered Kings Manor and into Kingwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather will continue into August as will my riding. My August goal is 800 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2>SportTracks Bike Ride Summary<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/22165252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"661\" data-attachment-id=\"50719\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-sporttracks-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1859%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1859,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7-31-2019 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=600%2C331&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=800%2C441&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C661&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-31-2019 SportTracks Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-50719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1859&amp;ssl=1 1859w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=640%2C353&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=600%2C331&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-SportTracks-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=800%2C441&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/2579393226\/embed\/8d1d8c4a4e8f8401b0b1301222fd09a12ebd1324\" width=\"590\" height=\"405\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-markdown\"><h2>Strava Year Progressions YTD Bike Ride Miles<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Strava-Year-Progressions-Graph.jpg?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1046\" data-attachment-id=\"50718\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-31-2019-strava-year-progressions-graph\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Strava-Year-Progressions-Graph.jpg?fit=1327%2C1157&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1327,1157\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7-31-2019 Strava Year Progressions Graph\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Strava-Year-Progressions-Graph.jpg?fit=516%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-31-2019-Strava-Year-Progressions-Graph.jpg?fit=688%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" 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July biking. I chose the &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route and rode 34.58 miles. This put July&#8217;s total at 958.03 miles, 158 miles over my goal. Start time was 11:16 AM <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/07\/31\/july-bike-rides-end-on-high-level-goal-exceeded\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[5324,5287,1424],"class_list":["post-50723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-dc7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50725,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50723\/revisions\/50725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}