First century of the year and longest solo ride done to date. I figured with the Davis Double next week, I should try and do at least a century before doing a double. :) The forecast was for really strong winds growing stronger throughout the day. It wasn't too bad until I got to San Bruno Mountain. It wasn't so bad on the way up but on the way down, there were some scary crosswind moments. After lunch it got even worse! I thought I was going to have to cut my planned century short. Luckily once I got to the Bay Trail, it became a tailwind. That only lasted until I made the turn to head west again and then it was in yer face headwind! I paced myself pretty well and stopped to refuel but I still got hungry before I got to San Bruno Mountain. On the way up, I could feel myself fading and if the climb were longer or if it had been more of a headwind, I probably would've bonked. I felt way better after lunch at mile 70 but the wind was so strong and cold that I was pretty cold by the time I ate. Originally I had my base layer on but it was too warm and I took it off at the beginning of the ride. The weird thing is the day got colder instead of warmer. When I got started again I put my base layer and arm warmers back on because I was shivering. Eventually, I was warm enough that I could take the arm warmers off but the base layer stayed on. I knew going into it that I wasn't quite going to get 100 miles. A wrong turn on the way to San Bruno Mountain helped to add some miles. On the way back I decided to finish with some dirt and gravel. Surprisingly, my Tarmac is more comfortable than my Redux on the dirt!