{"id":50912,"date":"2019-09-05T17:47:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=50912"},"modified":"2019-09-05T17:47:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T22:47:37","slug":"i-miss-my-wife-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/05\/i-miss-my-wife-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"I Miss My Wife Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After taking 2 weeks off I got back on the Canyon Endurace CF SLX to ride the “Atascocita – Walden – Huffman” route for 33.28 miles<\/strong>. During the break I was with my wife Hazel Marie for her last days in her fight with breast cancer. She fought the cancer for over 16 years but on September 3rd at 2:59 AM she died to enter the Church Triumphant with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I miss her greatly after 43 years of marriage. No more will I be able to answer her question when I get ready to bike, “Where are you going today?” She always wanted to know in case anything happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our last road trip was in February to Harlingen for the Jalapeno 100 bike ride. After I finished the ride we went out to eat and afterwards she got very sick, throwing up for almost 2 days. I felt so bad that we went there and she got so sick. My trips to bike rides will be alone now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s ride started at 10:33 AM after I watched stage 12 of Vuelta a Espana. The weather still was warming up to the projected 100 degrees which I avoided when I finished at 1:15 PM. But it was on the way up. Weather during the bike ride: start 92 (57% humidity, 74.6 dew point), a few clouds, wind calm. Finish 98 (39% humidity, 68.5 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 7 mph. With low humidity the wind didn’t feel so hot but whenever I stopped I could feel the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stopped at the Huffman Chevron to refill my water bottle and to return a phone call. The shade felt good and the ice water helped me get ready for the 11 miles left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not much different during my absence along the route. The video below shows clips from the ride and maybe conveys the heat and dryness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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