It was only a 31-mile round trip. I got to TLU (southbound) in 45 minutes. Coming back (northbound) was a different story: it took me 1 hour 22 minutes.
The problem was not that it was 97 degrees. The problem was the north wind at 17 knots gusting up to 24 knots!
I have not had many miserable days on the bike, but the return trip today was one of them. I was maxed out heading into the crushing wind doing a whopping 11-12 mph!
At times, I wish I could've just quit, but I knew quitting wasn't an option. So, I just put my head down (literally) and gutted it out.
Claire tried to paint a happy face on my suffering by saying, "Well, at least it was good training." It was. But I'm not fond of suffering and suffering was what was going on. I hate headwinds!
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