I finally had a chance to hook the Garmin watch to the computer last night and learned that not only had I been fighting that headwind, I had gained almost 400m of elevation overall, but with the undulating hills had climbed just over 700m. It also explains why my average moving speed was 19.9km/h on the way out, and 28.3km/h on the way back. I am forced to wonder what I could have done on a proper road bike, starting fresh from the far end. That would have been a blast!

Saturday afternoon I walked past my bike and noticed that my rear tire was flat… Bullet: Dodged!