{"id":8105,"date":"2011-04-25T20:52:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T01:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=8105"},"modified":"2011-04-25T20:53:23","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T01:53:23","slug":"after-yesterdays-rest-day-i-was-not-sure-april-25th-bike-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/04\/25\/after-yesterdays-rest-day-i-was-not-sure-april-25th-bike-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"After yesterday’s rest day I was not sure – April 25th Bike Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"

After yesterday’s rest day I was not sure how my muscles were going to react to this evening’s ride. I definitely needed the rest day after back-to-back long ride days on Friday and Saturday. This evening’ s ride started slow as the legs loosened up and by the end of the ride the two hard days last week were not causing a problem. What was causing a problem was the high wind. When I checked the weather at 4:30 the wind was a steady 25 mph with gusts to 31 mph. By the time I got home the wind had let up a little to 20 mph but the gusts were still over 25 mph. The temperature was in the low 80’s and the mostly cloudy sky added to the comfort for riding.<\/p>\n

Riding east over Lake Houston on FM1960 was easy with a rear quarter wind but heading back the wind currents were strong and my speed slowed to 12 to 14 mph or slower when a gust hit. The area continues under a fire weather watch because of the high wind and low humidity. No rain today which was not unexpected even though there was a 20% chance. Some grass fires to the northwest of Harris county have cropped up with some homes being threatened but none damaged yet. Tomorrow is the same.<\/p>\n

April mileage update:<\/p>\n