{"id":62097,"date":"2023-04-10T17:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T22:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62097"},"modified":"2023-04-10T17:08:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T22:08:45","slug":"commitment-no-weather-wimping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/10\/commitment-no-weather-wimping\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment. No Weather Wimping!"},"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=\"Commitment. No Weather Wimping! 4\/10\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zS4BqBl4qI?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\">It took commitment to get on the bike today. I ate breakfast while watching the women race in the chilly and wet Ronde de Mouscron in Belgium. If they can ride in that weather I can&#8217;t wimp out when the temperature is above my threshold of 60 degrees like I did last Saturday.  I hoped the temperature would improve and the sun peek through the overcast sky for today&#8217;s bike ride. The weather forecast contained a little optimism but as the time to ride got closer I began to doubt it. When I went to change into my bike clothes the sun teased a little and I saw a tiny patch of blue sky but by the time I got back to my Cervelo Caledonia to leave the clouds covered the sun and the temperature went down a couple of degrees. I had put on a light weight long sleeve jersey to wear under a jacket but I went back and forth about changing to a heavier jersey. I decided to change into a heavier, but not thermal, long sleeve jersey and went back to leave. As I put my shoes back on the temperature went down a few tenths of a degree and I wondered if I should wear leg warmers. After more decision time I went back for the leg warmers. Now I was finally ready to leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier I had thought about riding north to New Caney over Caney Creek but with the rain last week I read the creek was higher than usual and I didn&#8217;t want to chance taking a detour. So I switched to the <em>Community Drive &#8211; Cumberland &#8211; Oakhurst <\/em>route which doesn&#8217;t go that far north. It also is more miles which I need to get back on track to reach my 700 mile goal for April. With the clothing decided and the different route I rolled out on my Cervelo Caledonia bike at 11:44 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I altered the start of the route onto streets I don&#8217;t use that often when going north. It doesn&#8217;t change the miles much but Strava didn&#8217;t find any previous rides to match. Looking SportTracks I see rides from this year and last year with the same name but varying miles. Before rides I go over in my mind the streets and roads that are part of a route. sometimes I forget some and sometimes I add some. But I assign the same route name. The list below is all of the rides with this route name.<\/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\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"396\" data-attachment-id=\"62095\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-10-2023-sporttracks-ride-history-community-drive-cumberland-oakhurst\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?fit=1835%2C606&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1835,606\" 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=\"4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?fit=600%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?fit=800%2C264&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=1200%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst\" class=\"wp-image-62095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?w=1835&amp;ssl=1 1835w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=600%2C198&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=800%2C264&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=640%2C211&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=1536%2C507&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-10-2023 SportTracks Ride History Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My clothing choices turned out to be good ones. The weather at the start and finish of the ride: start 66 degrees, 75% humidity, dew point 58, overcast, wind E 6 mph; finish 65 degrees, humidity 79%, dew point 59, overcast, wind N 7 mph. The forecast said it would warm up but it actually went down, nowhere near the 72 degree forecast. I felt warm after getting the body heat moving around 15 minutes into the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legs were strong and the wind was light so I was able to get my overall average speed up to 14.2 mph on the way back to Kingwood from Cumberland. My <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1681145059\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong> showed pedaling the 35&#215;13 gears for 1:42:37 (25.6 miles) out of total moving time of 2:36:13 (35.51 miles). I finished the ride at 2:24 PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=117583301&#038;sampleGraph=true&#038;distanceMarkers=true\" style=\"width: 1px; min-width: 90%; height: 1000px; border: none;\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"   https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/8867860536\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"1015\" data-attachment-id=\"62096\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/4-10-2023-strava-ride-overview-community-drive-cumberland-oakhurst\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?fit=1041%2C1015&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1041,1015\" 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=\"4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?fit=462%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?fit=615%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=1041%2C1015&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst\" class=\"wp-image-62096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?w=1041&amp;ssl=1 1041w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=462%2C450&amp;ssl=1 462w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=615%2C600&amp;ssl=1 615w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/4-10-2023-Strava-Ride-Overview-Community-Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst.png?resize=492%2C480&amp;ssl=1 492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">4-10-2023 Strava Ride Overview Community Drive-Cumberland-Oakhurst<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took commitment to get on the bike today. I ate breakfast while watching the women race in the chilly and wet Ronde de Mouscron in Belgium. 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