{"id":56885,"date":"2021-07-04T17:05:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T22:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56885"},"modified":"2021-07-04T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T22:06:00","slug":"in-search-of-miles-and-july-4th-markers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/04\/in-search-of-miles-and-july-4th-markers\/","title":{"rendered":"In Search of Miles and July 4th Markers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final biking day of the week and I needed 21 miles to get a 200 mile week. After church I set out at 12:20 PM biking &#8220;Kingwood Streets&#8221; on my Canyon Endurace bike. A weather forecast of rain proved to be a dud and I rode 26.19 miles pushing the week&#8217;s total to 205.68 miles. With 6 riding days I had to hustle for those last miles. I averaged 34.2 miles per ride. July miles improved to 138.04, 17% of the way to my 800 mile goal. A summary of the week&#8217;s bike rides.<\/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\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"568\" data-attachment-id=\"56884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-4-2021-week-bike-rides-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?fit=1859%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1859,880\" 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=\"7-4-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7-4-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;7-4-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?fit=600%2C284&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?fit=800%2C379&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=1200%2C568&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-4-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary\" class=\"wp-image-56884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?w=1859&amp;ssl=1 1859w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=600%2C284&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=800%2C379&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=640%2C303&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.jpg?resize=1536%2C727&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>7-4-2021 Week Bike Rides Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That makes 6 weeks in a row of 200 miles. Out of the last 11 weeks, 10 have been 200 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hoped to see plenty of July 4th decorations but not many out. I recorded some on the video. I did see 3 other bikers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I did get to wear a new pair of Primal Prisma shorts as you can see in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\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=\"Kingwood Streets Bike Ride 7\/4\/2021\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7oGfgmwN5qI?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\">Strava surprised me with two medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5575879598\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1048\" height=\"1053\" data-attachment-id=\"56883\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-4-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1048%2C1053&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1048,1053\" 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=\"7-4-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7-4-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;7-4-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=448%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=597%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1048%2C1053&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-4-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-56883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1048&amp;ssl=1 1048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=448%2C450&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=597%2C600&amp;ssl=1 597w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-4-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=478%2C480&amp;ssl=1 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1048px) 100vw, 1048px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>7-4-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final biking day of the week and I needed 21 miles to get a 200 mile week. After church I set out at 12:20 PM biking &#8220;Kingwood Streets&#8221; on my Canyon Endurace bike. A weather forecast of rain proved <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/04\/in-search-of-miles-and-july-4th-markers\/\"><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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[4719,5324,5317,1424],"class_list":["post-56885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-biking","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-kingwood-streets","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-eNv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56885","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=56885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56886,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56885\/revisions\/56886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}