The ride this morning was wet. And the wind was back after a calm day yesterday. Why does it always seem to blow from the East when I ride East in the morning, and from the West when I ride home to the West in the afternoon? Oh well, just makes me appreciate the calm days more.

I tried out the new longer route, that I took home yesterday, on my way to work this morning. It was a lot of fun - I found out there's a MUP near the end goes up by the river, then under the road I was on last night. It's not marked on my cycling map, but I decided to go exploring. The extra bit near the end on the MUP made the trip 18 km. The big hill at the end was hard. I didn't have any energy left to stand, so I sat and peddled up at about 9 km/hr. Sloooow. But I made it all the way up. I really like the new route; its a nice change from the 13.5 km route I've been doing twice a day every (work)day since August.