This morning, it was cold, but I was OK with that. The headwind was strong, but I was OK with that, too. I pedaled hard and didn't make much speed, but I didn't let the wind reduce my effort. My phone's battery died before my ride was over, and when I plugged it in, it said I have 65% capacity. I'm not happy. And the recording of my ride was aborted a mile from my finish. Not that one mile makes a difference for my tallies, but it means my phone battery is flakier than I knew. I usually connect to an external battery, and this reinforces the fact that I need to do it all the time now.

Having spent all that energy pedaling against the wind, and with bags heavier than normal, I still walked up the eight flights as fast as I could, two at a time, as normal. With my phone battery drained, I couldn't time my climb.

Only one person on bike passed me on the whole trip, partly because I was going hard, and partly because the weather thinned out the bike commuting crowd a bit.