Yesterday was day one of the MS-150, The Citrus Tour. Was planning on a century ride with two other teammates but at 6:00 AM, the wind charts were showing winds of 17-19 mph with gusts of 25-28 mph. Two of us decided we didn't want to do 100 miles in that kind of wind. As it was the 50 mile ride was brutal with the non-stop wind gusts.

Today was a much better day with winds and gusts between 7 and 15 mph. Since it was a much nicer yesterday, we did the 75 mile return trip which ended up being 78 miles. The winds didn't bother me until the 10-12 miles from the finish line, when we hit some hilly country. The wind and the hills really took it out of me. At the last 8 miles, I told the other two (in their late 30s) to go on ahead and I would finish solo. They only beat me by about 4 minutes so it wasn't that bad of a solo ride.