{"id":56990,"date":"2021-07-21T15:35:21","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56990"},"modified":"2021-07-21T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:35:24","slug":"weather-and-legs-came-together-for-out-back-to-mcqueen-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/21\/weather-and-legs-came-together-for-out-back-to-mcqueen-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather And Legs Came Together For Out\/Back to McQueen Road"},"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=\"Weather And Legs Came Together For Out\/Back to McQueen Road\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RFPM7dNDnQs?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>No light rain to contend with on today&#8217;s bike ride. At the 10:07 AM start lots of blue sky overhead while the temperature wasn&#8217;t that hot. I wanted to make up some of the miles I didn&#8217;t ride yesterday plus some route variety so I chose my &#8221; Kingwood &#8211; FM1314 NW to McQueen Road&#8221; route. This route came into my portfolio this year due to road construction on SH 242 west of I-69\/US59. Today was the 6th time I biked this route. The distance on today&#8217;s bike ride came in at <strong>40.78 miles<\/strong>, slightly lower than most of the previous rides. Those miles pushed my week&#8217;s total to <strong>116.58 miles <\/strong>and July to <strong>691.96 miles<\/strong>. They also narrowed the difference between 2021 YTD vs 2020 miles to 71 miles. For the year I am at <strong>5,452 miles<\/strong>.<\/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\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"307\" data-attachment-id=\"56988\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-21-2021-ytd-bike-rides-summary-on-todays-route\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?fit=1851%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1851,473\" 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=\"7-21-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary on Today&amp;#8217;s Route\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7-21-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary on Today&amp;#8217;s Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;7-21-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary on Today&amp;#8217;s Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?fit=600%2C153&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?fit=800%2C204&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=1200%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-21-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary on Today's Route\" class=\"wp-image-56988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?w=1851&amp;ssl=1 1851w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=600%2C153&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=800%2C204&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=640%2C164&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-on-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=1536%2C393&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>7-21-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary on Today&#8217;s Route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather change from yesterday was greatly appreciated. The wind direction and speed allowed me to keep a good pace without much of a headwind. It was nice to ride at 17 to 18 mph SE on FM 1314 and not have a headwind fighting me all the way. Overall weather conditions: start 85 (72% humidity, 74.8 dew point), partly cloudy, wind W 4 mph; finish 89 (60% humidity, 73.6 dew point), mostly cloudy, wind NE 7 mph. Clouds increased as the ride went along but no threat of rain when I finished at 1:27 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather and good legs meant my average speed got up to 14.5 mph and stayed there until returning to Kingwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relive.cc compressed my 2:53:31 biking time into less than a minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embedly-responsive\" style=\"position: relative;padding-bottom: 78.2227%;height: 0;overflow: hidden;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embedly-embed\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen src=\"https:\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/media.html?src=https:\/\/www.relive.cc\/view\/vr63y4kLN8v\/widget?r=embed-site&#038;url=https:\/\/www.relive.cc\/view\/vr63y4kLN8v?r=embed-site&#038;image=https:\/\/www.relive.cc\/view\/vr63y4kLN8v\/png?x-ref=embed-site&#038;key=f1631a41cb254ca5b035dc5747a5bd75&#038;type=text\/html&#038;schema=relive\" width=\"1024\" height=\"801\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava crunched the data and told me today&#8217;s bike ride was harder than my usual efforts. (click on the Strava image to go to my activity page.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5664818353\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1051\" height=\"987\" data-attachment-id=\"56989\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/7-21-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1051%2C987&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1051,987\" 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=\"7-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;7-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=479%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=639%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1051%2C987&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"7-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-56989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1051&amp;ssl=1 1051w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=479%2C450&amp;ssl=1 479w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=639%2C600&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/7-21-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=511%2C480&amp;ssl=1 511w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1051px) 100vw, 1051px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>7-21-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No light rain to contend with on today&#8217;s bike ride. At the 10:07 AM start lots of blue sky overhead while the temperature wasn&#8217;t that hot. I wanted to make up some of the miles I didn&#8217;t ride yesterday plus <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/21\/weather-and-legs-came-together-for-out-back-to-mcqueen-road\/\"><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":[212,4719,5324,5492,1424],"class_list":["post-56990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycling","tag-biking","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-kingwood-fm1314-nw-to-mcqueen-road","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-ePc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56990","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=56990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56991,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56990\/revisions\/56991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}