{"id":62089,"date":"2023-04-09T17:57:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-09T22:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62089"},"modified":"2023-04-09T17:57:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T22:57:21","slug":"3-day-break-back-on-the-bike-with-overcast-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/3-day-break-back-on-the-bike-with-overcast-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Day Break, Back On The Bike With Overcast Sky"},"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=\"3 Day Break, Back On The Bike With Overcast Sky 4\/9\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-LXzkNL-UlU?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\">After not biking for three days I was committed to biking today. The weather cooperated a little but the overcast sky kept the temperature around 70 degrees but thankfully the wind was only 8 mph. I prefer it to be 10 to 15 degrees warmer. I compensated by wearing a long sleeve jersey and a short sleeve jersey. Early in the ride it was 71 or 72 degrees and i was comfortable but as neared the end of the ride it felt cooler and I confirmed that after finishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the start of today the week totaled 103 miles and with today&#8217;s 29.74 miles I finished the week with 132.8 miles. Missing the three days cut the difference between 2023 YTD miles (2421) and 2021 (2387) to 34 miles, the closest it has been for a while. Missing those three days was not good. Rain on Thursday and Friday meant no riding but I could&#8217;ve rode yesterday in the late afternoon.<\/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\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"548\" data-attachment-id=\"62088\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-9-2023-sporttracks-week-bike-rides-summary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=1833%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1833,837\" 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=\"4-9-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-9-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-9-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=600%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?fit=800%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=1200%2C548&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-9-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary\" class=\"wp-image-62088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?w=1833&amp;ssl=1 1833w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=600%2C274&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=800%2C365&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=640%2C292&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Week-Bike-Rides-Summary.png?resize=1536%2C701&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-9-2023 SportTracks Week Bike Rides Summary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started today at 1:50 PM after getting home from Easter Sunday worships services. Riding my Lynskey Helix bike I set out on my <em>Forest Cover &#8211; Oakhurst &#8211; Valley Ranch<\/em> route. I&#8217;ve rode this route several times so far this year. The route makes it&#8217;s way through Kingwood and onto the San jacinto Bayou Greenway in Forest Cove. With the rain I wondered if the greenway might have experienced any water. I saw a couple of places where water washed leaves and pine needles onto the pavement but nothing serious. Exiting the greenway I rode west on Hamblen Road to Loop 494, Sorters Road north into Kingwood Place. From there Oakhurst was next, Briar Tree. I crossed over FM 1314 into Valley Ranch. I looked forward to the turn around at Valley Ranch Bend Drive where the wind would change from headwind to side and tail wind. I took side streets through Valley Ranch into Forest Colony and back to US59\/I-69 for the ride south to Northpark Drive. A u-turn under the freeway and I was about 7 miles from the finish. A short ride into the wind again until I turned right on E. Knox St. Crossing over Loop 494 I rode through Woodridge Forest and back into Kingwood. The chill was more noticeable as I finished the ride at 4:01 PM.<\/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\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"392\" data-attachment-id=\"62086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-9-2023-sporttracks-recent-ride-history-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=1835%2C599&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1835,599\" 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=\"4-9-2023 SportTracks Recent Ride History Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-9-2023 SportTracks Recent Ride History Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-9-2023 SportTracks Recent Ride History Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=600%2C196&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=800%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=1200%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-9-2023 SportTracks Recent Ride History Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch\" class=\"wp-image-62086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?w=1835&amp;ssl=1 1835w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=600%2C196&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=800%2C261&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=640%2C209&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-SportTracks-Recent-Ride-History-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=1536%2C501&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-9-2023 SportTracks Recent Ride History Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the rest my legs had the power and I built my average speed up to 14.0 mph until I slowed through Woodridge Forest. They were good enough to collect the Strava <strong>3rd fastest time<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8862417471\/segments\/3080252206268144174\">Northshore Sunrise<\/a>\u00a0(3:55) in Forest Cove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=117508207&#038;sampleGraph=true&#038;distanceMarkers=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 100%; height: 1000px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8862417471\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1043\" height=\"1019\" data-attachment-id=\"62087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-9-2023-strava-ride-overview-forest-cove-oakhurst-valley-ranch\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=1043%2C1019&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1043,1019\" 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=\"4-9-2023 Strava Ride Overview Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-9-2023 Strava Ride Overview Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-9-2023 Strava Ride Overview Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=461%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?fit=614%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=1043%2C1019&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-9-2023 Strava Ride Overview Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch\" class=\"wp-image-62087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?w=1043&amp;ssl=1 1043w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=461%2C450&amp;ssl=1 461w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=614%2C600&amp;ssl=1 614w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-9-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Forest-Cove-Oakhurst-Valley-Ranch.png?resize=491%2C480&amp;ssl=1 491w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1043px) 100vw, 1043px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-9-2023 Strava Ride Overview Forest Cove-Oakhurst-Valley Ranch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After not biking for three days I was committed to biking today. The weather cooperated a little but the overcast sky kept the temperature around 70 degrees but thankfully the wind was only 8 mph. I prefer it to be <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/09\/3-day-break-back-on-the-bike-with-overcast-sky\/\"><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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[2560,212,5297,4719,5451,5576,5255,1424],"class_list":["post-62089","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-helix-titanium-bike","tag-ride","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-g9r","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62089","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=62089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62090,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62089\/revisions\/62090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}