Today's weather was colder than the previous few weeks. The wind was turbulent and the temperature cold. I decided to do the SS loop in hopes that I would get a gernerous tailwind on the way back. That was not the case. The winds were turbulen at and around SS. So, I either had a cross-wind, head-wind, or a tail-wind (seldom). Despite the weather, I felt pretty good. There were some points where the cold was biting into my feet as I didn't wear any shoe covers. My concentration was in and out, but mostly good. Considering the weather, I think it's acceptable. Balance was good. I stretched my back and legs a few times, that seemed to keep the pains away from the usual lower back and calf muscles. My gear is working well. I found out yesterday that there is a firmware upgrade for my di2 groupo. I ordered the necessary hardware to perform the update. All other devices was working well, with a slight notation for the GPS. It displayed a message saying that the batteries were running low. The ride was less than 2 hours. The battery was said to last 8 hours. I'm not sure what to make of this, so I'm going to give it a month or two and decide if it needs to be RMA'd. Also, Gopro was working great, but the battery depleted around 1:50 hours. Again, not sure what to make of that, but I think it's acceptable given the weather. It usually tops out around 2:00 - 2:10 hours. Just a foot note. I saw a rare bird that was walking on banducci on the descent. I'm pretty sure I got it on video. Will have to check that out!