{"id":57130,"date":"2021-08-09T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=57130"},"modified":"2021-08-09T16:37:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T21:37:53","slug":"hot-with-a-gusty-headwind-tickrfit-gives-up-out-back-to-splendora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/09\/hot-with-a-gusty-headwind-tickrfit-gives-up-out-back-to-splendora\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot With A Gusty Headwind, TickrFit Gives Up, Out &#038; Back to Splendora"},"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=\"Kingwood - Splendora - Kingwood Bike Ride 8\/9\/2021\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vzUtwhDL-Ts?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>I decided to watch the Tour de Poland after today&#8217;s bike ride after checking to see how far the race had progressed. There was 114 km left at 9 AM and I didn&#8217;t want to start my bike ride too late. I chose my &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; Splendora &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; route to start this week&#8217;s biking. Rolling my Canyon Endurace bike out of the driveway at 10:20 AM the ride began. A nice tailwind from the south accompanied me to Splendora but the headwind back to Kingwood added some 18 mph gusts just to make it harder. I finished at 2:18 PM in the heat with almost all of my CamelBak water used up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride went 42.31 miles, about average for the 4 times I rode the route in 2021. That&#8217;s a good start for the week. 2021 YTD jumped ahead of 2020 YTD by 27 miles at 6,085.<\/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\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"259\" data-attachment-id=\"57128\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-9-2021-ytd-bike-rides-summary-todays-route\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?fit=1834%2C396&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1834,396\" 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=\"8-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today&amp;#8217;s Route\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today&amp;#8217;s Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;8-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today&amp;#8217;s Route&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?fit=600%2C130&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?fit=800%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=1200%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"8-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today's Route\" class=\"wp-image-57128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?w=1834&amp;ssl=1 1834w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=600%2C130&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=800%2C173&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=640%2C138&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-YTD-Bike-Rides-Summary-Todays-Route.jpg?resize=1536%2C332&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>8-9-2021 YTD Bike Rides Summary Today&#8217;s Route<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My Wahoo TickrFit heart rate monitor stopped reporting BPM at 21.86 miles, resumed for a couple of miles and then froze at 151 for the rest of the ride. I tried changing its position on my arm but that didn&#8217;t work. Good thing the new one will arrive this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the way back to Kingwood the heat and headwind got the better of me. I stopped under TX99 Grand Parkway on Valley Ranch Parkway 25 minutes to recover. The south wind felt cooling in the shade while I ate a granola bar and a cereal bar. The water in my CamelBak was still cold as I sipped between bites. Later I debated about stopping at the 7 Eleven at FM 1314 for more ice and water. I didn&#8217;t stop but probably should have. The headwind gusts took a toll on my legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video I took a side road on the way back south that went by the Grand Texas park. No one was there but after the ride I checked their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bigriverswaterpark.com\/\">website <\/a><\/strong>and they are only open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday now. Schools open this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August weather in SE Texas is hot. Today was no exception. Today&#8217;s bike ride weather: start 88 (70% humidity, 76.6 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 9 mph; finish 94 (50% humidity, 72.8 dew point), partly cloudy, wind SW 9 mph gusts 18 mph. Those gusts were a leg killer on the way back to Kingwood. The frontage road goes to the SW, right into the wind. Tomorrow I think I will try to start an hour earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava agreed with my calling this a hard bike ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5765554622\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1062\" height=\"1041\" data-attachment-id=\"57129\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-9-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1062%2C1041&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1062,1041\" 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=\"8-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;8-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=459%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=612%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=1062%2C1041&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"8-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary\" class=\"wp-image-57129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?w=1062&amp;ssl=1 1062w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=459%2C450&amp;ssl=1 459w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=612%2C600&amp;ssl=1 612w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-9-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?resize=490%2C480&amp;ssl=1 490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1062px) 100vw, 1062px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>8-9-2021 Strava Bike Ride Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided to watch the Tour de Poland after today&#8217;s bike ride after checking to see how far the race had progressed. There was 114 km left at 9 AM and I didn&#8217;t want to start my bike ride too <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/09\/hot-with-a-gusty-headwind-tickrfit-gives-up-out-back-to-splendora\/\"><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":[212,5324,5299,1424],"class_list":["post-57130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycling","tag-canyon-endurace-cf-slx","tag-kingwood-splendora-kingwood","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-eRs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57130","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=57130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57131,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57130\/revisions\/57131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}