{"id":57229,"date":"2021-08-20T14:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=57229"},"modified":"2021-08-20T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T19:09:45","slug":"bye-bye-rain-hello-heat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/08\/20\/bye-bye-rain-hello-heat\/","title":{"rendered":"Bye, Bye Rain, Hello Heat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bye, Bye Rain, Hello Heat\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/usc_mejohvk?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>A turn in the weather for today&#8217;s bike ride. Rain percentage dropped below 10% and the forecasted high is in the mid to upper 90&#8217;s. I started at 9:06 AM, about an hour earlier than yesterday. In a bid for some route variety I put together some roads I ride from time to time but not in this combination. This required a new route name, &#8220;Community Drive &#8211; Valley Ranch &#8211; Gene Campbell Blvd&#8221;. With a new combination of roads I wasn&#8217;t sure how far the ride would be guessing 32 to 33 miles. It turned out to be <strong>34.48 miles<\/strong>. Those miles pushed my week to <strong>189.76 miles<\/strong>. Tomorrow&#8217;s bike ride should make a 200+ mile week. My August mileage is at <strong>663.86 miles<\/strong>, 137 miles to my 800 mile goal. I rode my Canyon Endurace bike putting the odometer to 23927.6 miles. 2021 YTD miles expanded the difference to 2020 TD miles to 131 miles. Last year I was in the hospital August 18th through the 21st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was ready for the probability of rain fall. Biking with the threat of rain is not my preference. Starting an hour earlier helped me finish the bike ride at 11:49 AM before the temperature got close to the maximum forecasted. Ride conditions: start 85 (82% humidity, 78.8 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 4 mph; finish 91 (62% humidity, 75.9 dew point), partly cloudy, wind S 7 mph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The long uninterrupted NW stretch on FM 1314 to Gene Campbell Blvd. allowed me to set a good pace improving my overall average speed to 14.3 mph. I expected a headwind when I made the u-turn at Gene Campbell Blvd. riding to the SE. There was a headwind but whenever the trees were close to the road they blocked most of the wind and I could keep the same pace maintaining my average speed. This screenshot from Golden Cheetah shows the charts for several markers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"57227\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-20-2021-golden-cheetah-ride-charts\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-20-2021-Golden-Cheetah-Ride-Charts.jpg?fit=1448%2C1194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1448,1194\" 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=\"8-20-2021 Golden Cheetah Ride Charts\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8-20-2021 Golden Cheetah Ride Charts&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;8-20-2021 Golden Cheetah Ride Charts&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-20-2021-Golden-Cheetah-Ride-Charts.jpg?fit=546%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-20-2021-Golden-Cheetah-Ride-Charts.jpg?fit=728%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" 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is-style-default\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5824396503\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"57228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/8-20-2021-strava-bike-ride-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/8-20-2021-Strava-Bike-Ride-Summary.jpg?fit=1051%2C986&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1051,986\" 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=\"8-20-2021 Strava Bike 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Rain percentage dropped below 10% and the forecasted high is in the mid to upper 90&#8217;s. I started at 9:06 AM, about an hour earlier than yesterday. 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