{"id":56550,"date":"2021-05-21T15:27:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56550"},"modified":"2021-05-21T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T20:27:41","slug":"biking-to-tavola-and-back-all-went-well-until-3-miles-from-the-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/05\/21\/biking-to-tavola-and-back-all-went-well-until-3-miles-from-the-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Biking to Tavola and Back All Went Well Until 3 Miles From The Finish"},"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=\"Biking to Tavola and Back All Went Well Until 3 Miles From The Finish\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Uhw4_hnSos?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\">I decided to ride to the north following my &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route. Monday I rode to the north and got caught in heavy rain. Looking at the weather radar no rain showed but the forecast listed rain. I hoped to get back without getting wet again. I watched two bike races before starting today&#8217;s bike ride: Vuelta a Andalucia &#8211; Ruta del Sol and the Giro d&#8217;Italia. I missed biking the last two days because of rain so I wanted to ride today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was the 7th time riding this route in 2021. I biked 4 times on the Canyon Endurace and 3 times on the Lynskey R300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting at 10:59 AM riding my Canyon Endurace CF SLX bike the temperature was 79 under a mostly cloudy sky. Wind was from the east at 9 mph not posing much of a problem while I biked to the north. Before leaving I checked the weather forecast and the chance of rain increased to 75% around 2 PM. I thought I would be back before that. I finished the ride at 1:36 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was an opportunity to stop at Pat&#8217;s Donuts in Porter on the way back to Kingwood for an apple fritter. I made good time and got to Pat&#8217;s about 12:50 PM, 10 minutes before they closed. But no apple fritters and no blueberry cake donuts so no snack to fuel the rest of the ride home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That turned out to be somewhat of a blessing. If they had an apple fritter or the cake donuts I would&#8217;ve taken time to eat before continuing the bike ride. As I got closer to Kingwood the sky to the southeast looked threatening. Once I was back in Kingwood I felt a few sprinkles and around 3 miles from home light rain began. If I had stayed at Pat&#8217;s the rain might have moved closer to me and instead of 3 miles in the rain it might have longer. The big difference in today&#8217;s rain versus Monday, no lightning today and I was much closer to home. The last 3 miles I got soaked but not too gritty. I will wipe down the Canyon after it drys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today&#8217;s ride covered <strong>35.98 miles<\/strong>, improving the week to <strong>87.7 miles<\/strong>. No 200 miles this week. May totals <strong>569.3 miles <\/strong>versus my <strong>660<\/strong> mile goal for the month. Here is how 2021 YTD miles stacks up to previous years. (This includes road and Zwift miles)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"807\" data-attachment-id=\"56548\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-21-2021-strava-year-progressions-ytd-miles\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?fit=1641%2C1104&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1641,1104\" 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=\"5-21-2021 Strava Year Progressions YTD Miles\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-21-2021 Strava Year Progressions YTD Miles&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?fit=600%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?fit=800%2C538&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?resize=1200%2C807&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-21-2021 Strava Year Progressions YTD Miles\" class=\"wp-image-56548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?w=1641&amp;ssl=1 1641w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?resize=600%2C404&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?resize=800%2C538&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?resize=640%2C431&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5-21-2021-Strava-Year-Progressions-YTD-Miles.jpg?resize=1536%2C1033&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5335173668\/embed\/53aa3fd2d59814764a7712df14bbf84ef77cbe9f'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=67654002&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 80%; height: 1100px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to ride to the north following my &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Tavola &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route. 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