{"id":58752,"date":"2022-03-20T17:27:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T22:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=58752"},"modified":"2022-03-20T17:27:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T22:27:35","slug":"first-day-of-spring-windy-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/20\/first-day-of-spring-windy-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day of Spring, Windy Forest Cove &#8211; Oakhurst &#8211; Valley Ranch Bike Ride"},"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=\"First Day of Spring, Windy Forest Cove - Oakhurst - Valley Ranch Bike Ride 3\/20\/2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VQwNckqdyF8?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>Spring arrived today and I am ready. Nice weather for a bike ride: sunny, mid 70&#8217;s but strong wind from the SE at 22 mph gusts to 29 mph. Why not strong winds, it&#8217;s March. I started the ride after getting home from church at 1:30 PM and finished at 3:39 PM. I rode my Lynskey R300 bike on the &#8220;Forest Cove &#8211; Oakhurst &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; with some streets changes in Forest Cove compared to my only other ride on this route this year on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sporttracks.mobi\/activity\/29251992\">February 20th<\/a><\/strong>. Today&#8217;s 27.92 miles was slightly longer than the previous ride and about a minute faster, 2:01:55 today. Maybe the strong tailwind sections helped me ride faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The week ended with 225.51 miles. I was just a mile and a half from matching my earlier high week this year, February 28th &#8211; March 6th. I reversed the rides this week with 6 road rides and 1 Zwift ride versus last week. I rode the Cervelo Caledonia 4 times , Lynskey R300 2 times and the Blue Norcross AL 1 time. I need 214.1 miles to reach the 650 mile goal for March. I&#8217;ve biked every day starting February 17th.<\/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\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"617\" data-attachment-id=\"58750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-20-2022-sporttracks-week-bike-rides-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=1765%2C907&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1765,907\" 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=\"3-20-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-20-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;3-20-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=600%2C308&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=800%2C411&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=1200%2C617&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3-20-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary\" class=\"wp-image-58750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?w=1765&amp;ssl=1 1765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=600%2C308&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=800%2C411&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=640%2C329&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=1536%2C789&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>3-20-2022 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the nice weather I tried my long sleeve polyester T-shirt with a short sleeve jersey over it and no wind jacket. After warming up the combination was comfortable even with the stiff wind. I have 3 different color T-shirts and once the weather gets more spring like I&#8217;ll wear this duo. Weather conditions for today&#8217;s bike ride: start 74 (humidity 33%, dew point 43), clear, wind SE 14 mph gusts 24; finish 75 (humidity 29%, dew point 41), fair, wind SE 22 mph. Monday and Tuesday may be too wet to ride ride outside. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My legs got a workout starting at the right turn onto Valley Ranch Bend Drive all the way back to the end of the ride. I shifted gears several times (remembering I was on the Lynskey with mechanical shifting) when the wind was gusting. The last 10 miles were the hardest, especially when I rode east. On the southbound US 59 frontage road passing traffic provided a little relief from the wind as they blocked it for a second or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t the only cyclist out. I passed one in Trailwood Village and another on Hamblen road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strava told me I am the <strong>Local Legend<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6856295015\/segments\/2940727217541772538\">VR Drag Northbound<\/a>. I don&#8217;t ride Valley Ranch Parkway north as often as the south bound direction. My 2 efforts on this segment earned the local legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/6856295015\/segments\/2940727217541772538\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1047\" height=\"1113\" data-attachment-id=\"58751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/3-20-2022-strava-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch-summary-data\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?fit=1047%2C1113&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1047,1113\" 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=\"3-20-2022 Strava Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch Summary Data\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;3-20-2022 Strava Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch Summary Data&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;3-20-2022 Strava Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch Summary Data&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?fit=423%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?fit=564%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?resize=1047%2C1113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"3-20-2022 Strava Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch Summary Data\" class=\"wp-image-58751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?w=1047&amp;ssl=1 1047w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?resize=423%2C450&amp;ssl=1 423w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?resize=564%2C600&amp;ssl=1 564w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/3-20-2022-Strava-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch-Summary-Data.png?resize=452%2C480&amp;ssl=1 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>3-20-2022 Strava Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch Summary Data<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=85269388&#038;sampleGraph=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 90%; height: 1100px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring arrived today and I am ready. Nice weather for a bike ride: sunny, mid 70&#8217;s but strong wind from the SE at 22 mph gusts to 29 mph. Why not strong winds, it&#8217;s March. I started the ride after <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/20\/first-day-of-spring-windy-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch-bike-ride\/\"><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":[2560,212,5297,4719,5451,5383,1424],"class_list":["post-58752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch","tag-lynskey-r300-titanium-bike","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-fhC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58752","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=58752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58753,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58752\/revisions\/58753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}