{"id":62387,"date":"2023-05-11T15:30:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=62387"},"modified":"2023-05-11T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T20:30:11","slug":"chasing-miles-for-my-may-goal-after-wednesdays-rain-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/11\/chasing-miles-for-my-may-goal-after-wednesdays-rain-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Chasing Miles For My May Goal After Wednesday&#8217;s Rain Out"},"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=\"Chasing Miles For My May Goal After Wednesday&#039;s Rain Out 5\/11\/2023\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EnadX_zvBUU?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 the rain shortened bike ride on Tuesday and not riding at all yesterday because of rain I needed to make up for the lost miles. Since its Thursday I looked for a route to the south and east and chose the <strong>Atascocita &#8211; Walden &#8211; Indian Shores Road<\/strong> one. I biked it twice before going 39 miles and 40 miles but today I changed the early streets in Kingwood to add a mile or two and ended up biking 42.4 miles. The week now totals 104.45 miles and May is up to 335.14 miles. I lost some of the cushion on my 750 mile goal for the month and now I&#8217;m at 13.85 days versus being the 11th day of the month. I need to bike 24.2 miles every day to reach my goal. I will look for another 40+ mile route for tomorrow&#8217;s ride.<\/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\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"267\" data-attachment-id=\"62385\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-11-2023-sporttracks-ride-history-atascocita-walden-indian-shores-road\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?fit=1841%2C410&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1841,410\" 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=\"5-11-2023 SportTracks Ride History Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-11-2023 SportTracks Ride History Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-11-2023 SportTracks Ride History Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?fit=600%2C134&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?fit=800%2C178&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=1200%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-11-2023 SportTracks Ride History Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road\" class=\"wp-image-62385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?w=1841&amp;ssl=1 1841w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=600%2C134&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=800%2C178&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=640%2C143&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-SportTracks-Ride-History-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=1536%2C342&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-11-2023 SportTracks Ride History Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I paused watching stage 6 of the Giro D&#8217;Italia with 49km to the finish and got ready to ride. The weather was a big improvement from the all day rain on yesterday. Riding my Cervelo Caledonia I punched the Bolt&#8217;s start button at 9:30 AM. I solved the soft tire problem on the bike after Tuesday&#8217;s ride when I switched to the Lynskey Helix by tightening the Presta valve core on the front tire. No air lost since I did that. The streets were dry but the greenbelt trails were wet so I minimized riding on them early in the ride. To add some distance I rode through Woodridge Forest in the first 4 to 5 miles. Near the end of the ride I took some different streets riding through Bear Branch Village in Kingwood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going south on FM 2100 to Indian Shores Road was the toughest part of the ride due to the headwind. Up to that point I didn&#8217;t work too hard against the wind. FM 2100 was open and the wind blew from the SE. That turned into a nice tailwind after I made the u-turn at Indian Shores Road to ride to Huffman. Biking over Lake Houston the wind can be difficult but the passing vehicles sucked the wind with them plus I was pedaling hard on the Strava segment which upped my overall average speed to 13.8 mph and held that until I got back on the north side of the river. I finished the ride at 12:47 PM. Weather conditions: Start 78 degrees, humidity 86%, dew point 73.5, overcast, wind SE 12 mph; Finish 84 degrees, humidity 71%, dew point 74, mostly cloudy, wind S 13 mph. Link to the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axs.sram.com\/activities\/wahoo-262128671__1683815444\">AXS.SRAM.com ride report<\/a><\/strong>. Only 22 rear derailleur shifts today. 28.9 miles using the 35&#215;13 gears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I contested several Strava segments but only succeeded with the <strong>PR<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/9053251243\/segments\/3091799756394755084\">KPHS Sprint<\/a>\u00a0(47s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/ridewithgps.com\/embeds?type=trip&#038;id=120731799&#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\/9053251243\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1042\" height=\"1029\" data-attachment-id=\"62386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/5-11-2023-strava-ride-summary-atascocita-walden-indian-shores-road\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?fit=1042%2C1029&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1042,1029\" 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=\"5-11-2023 Strava Ride Summary Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;5-11-2023 Strava Ride Summary Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;5-11-2023 Strava Ride Summary Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?fit=456%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?fit=608%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=1042%2C1029&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"5-11-2023 Strava Ride Summary Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road\" class=\"wp-image-62386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?w=1042&amp;ssl=1 1042w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=456%2C450&amp;ssl=1 456w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=608%2C600&amp;ssl=1 608w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5-11-2023-Strava-Ride-Summary-Atascocita-Walden-Indian-Shores-Road.png?resize=486%2C480&amp;ssl=1 486w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">5-11-2023 Strava Ride Summary Atascocita-Walden-Indian Shores Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the rain shortened bike ride on Tuesday and not riding at all yesterday because of rain I needed to make up for the lost miles. Since its Thursday I looked for a route to the south and east and <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/11\/chasing-miles-for-my-may-goal-after-wednesdays-rain-out\/\"><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":[5634,2560,212,5297,4719,5553,1424],"class_list":["post-62387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bike-ride","tag-atascocita-walden-indian-shores-drive","tag-bicycle","tag-bicycling","tag-bike","tag-biking","tag-cervelo-caledonia-rival-axs","tag-road"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4tok-gef","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62387","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=62387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62389,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62387\/revisions\/62389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}