{"id":55825,"date":"2021-03-09T16:17:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=55825"},"modified":"2021-03-09T16:17:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T22:17:50","slug":"avoiding-some-wind-biking-spring-creek-greenway-to-pundt-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/03\/09\/avoiding-some-wind-biking-spring-creek-greenway-to-pundt-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding Some Wind Biking Spring Creek Greenway To Pundt Park"},"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=\"Avoiding Some Wind Biking Spring Creek Greenway To Pundt Park\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86iMV_pz3p4?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until I was close to starting the bike ride I was going to ride my &#8220;Atascocita South &#8211; Walden &#8211; FM 2100&#8221; route but after looking at my home weather station and seeing 73 degrees I changed my mind. Instead I rode the Spring Creek Greenway to John Pundt Park. I shortened the ride because I started at 11:06 AM. Usually I ride to I-45 or Dennis Johnston Park. When I took a screenshot of the Bush IAH weather before leaving the strong wind reinforced my decision. My original route would&#8217;ve been into a very strong headwind while the greenway trees shielded me and a tailwind until reaching Pundt Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bike ride went <strong>38.33 miles<\/strong> getting me ahead of the pace to reach my 600 road mile goal for March at <strong>195.9 miles <\/strong>compared to <strong>174.2 miles<\/strong> if I average <strong>19.4 miles<\/strong> for 31 days. YTD miles for 2021 total <strong>1,485<\/strong> compared to 2020&#8217;s <strong>1,433<\/strong>, +52 miles. The only other year over 1,000 miles by this date is 2017 with 1,011 miles. I&#8217;m waiting for an organized ride to come up nearby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wind at the start of the ride was strong from the SE at 23 mph with 29 mph gusts. It didn&#8217;t take long after I started pedaling my Canyon Endurace bike to feel that wind. The sun was out at the start but the clouds began covering it up and I was glad I wore a windbreaker jacket over the long sleeve jersey, especially when I got in the shade on the greenway. Weather conditions: start 73 (58% humidity, 57.3 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind SE 23 mph gusts 29 mph; finish 72 (62% humidity, 58 dew point), overcast, wind SE 15 mph. At the 2:04 PM finish the wind slowed to 15 mph but still felt chilly when I rode in the shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Riding the greenway is different from the roads. There are no stop signs or traffic lights to get a short rest, the turns are numerous and tight, uphills are short but some are intense. Other people on the trail was not n that many, maybe more walkers than bikers. I saw several people riding horses beside the greenway, something I don&#8217;t usually see. One person rode a one wheel electric skateboard while his companion rode her mountain bike. Two recumbent bikes passed by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-9-2021-Bike-Ride-I-69-Trailhead.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"842\" data-attachment-id=\"55824\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-9-2021-bike-ride-i-69-trailhead\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-9-2021-Bike-Ride-I-69-Trailhead.jpg?fit=1288%2C904&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1288,904\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Kingwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/4920155480\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1052\" height=\"779\" data-attachment-id=\"55823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-9-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/3-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1052%2C779&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1052,779\" 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;}\" 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Instead <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/03\/09\/avoiding-some-wind-biking-spring-creek-greenway-to-pundt-park\/\"><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":[2560,212,5297,5324,3726],"class_list":["post-55825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-spring-creek-greenway"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-ewp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55825","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=55825"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55826,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55825\/revisions\/55826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}