{"id":55532,"date":"2021-02-03T16:40:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=55532"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:40:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:40:37","slug":"the-wind-wore-me-down-returning-to-kingwood-from-tavola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/02\/03\/the-wind-wore-me-down-returning-to-kingwood-from-tavola\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wind Wore Me Down Returning To Kingwood From Tavola"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Wind Wore Me Down Returning To Kingwood From Tavola\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uoYZt1UW_y8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The wind wore me down on today&#8217;s bike ride. One thing Zwift doesn&#8217;t simulate is wind. I rode great on the way to Tavola but the return to Kingwood featured a 14 mph SE headwind. My legs handled it for awhile but slowly my overall average speed fell from 13.9 mph to 13.2 mph by the time I finished at 2:50 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bike ride began at 11:54 AM as I rode out the driveway on my Lynskey R300 bike. This is the first outdoor bike ride in February and I wanted to make up the miles I fell behind toward my 400 mile goal for the month. I need to average 14.3 miles per day to hit my goal. Headed north on my &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route this usually is a 34+ mile bike ride. Today I rode 35.14 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I waited for the temperature to go up a degree or two before getting ready. It still felt chilly at the start even though I wore shorts, leg warmers, a long sleeve thermal jersey, windbreaker jacket, and half finger gloves. Whenever I was in the shade I felt the coolness and the wind seemed to emphasize it. Weather conditions: start 65 (59% humidity, 50.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SE 12 mph; finish 67 (58% humidity, 51.4 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE14 mph. The forecast dangled a high of 71 but I don&#8217;t think it ever made it. Tomorrow the forecast says 80 is possible. I will be riding much warmer then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava said today&#8217;s bike ride was harder than my usual efforts. I think fighting the headwind contributed to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4729722968\/embed\/96f0daa56311a3a02a9dd81a70542786d1543665'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride summary data in Golden Cheetah looks like this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/2-3-2021-Golden-Cheetah-Bike-Ride-Summary-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"537\" data-attachment-id=\"55531\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2-3-2021-golden-cheetah-bike-ride-summary-1\/\" 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Average power came in at 107 watts with a max of 439 watts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wind wore me down on today&#8217;s bike ride. One thing Zwift doesn&#8217;t simulate is wind. I rode great on the way to Tavola but the return to Kingwood featured a 14 mph SE headwind. My legs handled it for <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/02\/03\/the-wind-wore-me-down-returning-to-kingwood-from-tavola\/\"><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":[212,5383,5287],"class_list":["post-55532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycling","tag-lynskey-r300-titanium-bike","tag-new-caney-tavola-valley-ranch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-erG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55532","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=55532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55533,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55532\/revisions\/55533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}