Yesterday against my better judgement I decided to ride my route with an out and back cat 2 climb. I ride it all the time but yesterday there was a 25+ mph wind blowing directly in my face all the way up.

Didn't think I was going to make it since a couple of times I was down to 4 mph and putting out over 260 watts which I can do for little while but not sustained. But made it to the top and ended up setting a couple of PR's. On the climb my new PR was 8+ minutes more than my previous slowest time and over 13 minutes more than my best time. But, on the way back down I was able to set a new top speed PR at 60 mph. Even got the radar speed sign to flash "slow down" which is a first. Also best time summit back to the house.

Still, I prefer the ride when not riding in a gale.