whew, my one way commute is just under 11 miles door to door and the elevation gain is probably no more than 100' but today the ride home compared to my rides up Mt. Greylock (highest point in Massachusetts) where the route to the top is an 8 1/2 mile ride that climbs a good 2000'. The wind was brutally in my face the whole way home and to get the bike to go much more than 11mph took tremendous effort at times. I saw two adult men blown over by the wind downtown and one little girl attempting to climb into a mini-van slammed to the ground. Trash barrels were blowing by and tree branches coming down on the bike path. There were white caps on the Charles River. Needless to say a tough ride home.