{"id":51065,"date":"2019-09-29T16:59:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T21:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=51065"},"modified":"2019-09-29T16:59:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T21:59:43","slug":"complete-opposite-from-last-sundays-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/29\/complete-opposite-from-last-sundays-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete Opposite From Last Sunday’s Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my quest to reach my mileage goal for September I chose the “Oakhurst – Cumberland – Valley Ranch” route with intention of riding at least 35 miles to put me in the position for tomorrow’s ride. I biked 35.78 miles<\/strong>.bringing the week’s total to 228.23 miles<\/strong>. This is the first 200+ mile week since the week of August 12th. Since then I dedicated my time to be with my wife as she went through the final stage of cancer. I do not regret that decision and after she died I ramped up my biking when the weather allowed to reach my goal of 700 miles for September. With today’s ride I am at 658.25 miles<\/strong> leaving 42 miles<\/strong> to get there. That is doable tomorrow. Year to date I rode 6,256 miles<\/strong>, 548 miles<\/strong> less than my goal for 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last Sunday I rode a portion of today’s route as I hit rain twice which made the ride longer and ruled out extending the route. Weather today was much more bike ride friendly: start 91 (67% humidity, 78.5 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 8 mph. Finish 89 (64% humidity, 75.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph. This a ride where the finishing temperature was lower than the starting one but only by 2 degrees. As fall gets deeper into the days I expect this will happen more often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s video recaps what I saw during the ride. A few casual bikers and lots of good weather. At times the 12 mph wind made me crank up the watts above 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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