Once I got outside and realized how windy it was today, I was dreading the return trip home. The headwind on the way back crushed me. 😭 I haven't been over to Coyote Hills in a while and I was sort of craving some Mr. Pickles and I thought some nice easy roadbikeable gravel by the Bay would be nice. The tailwind on the way over was very nice. My Garmin said today's workout should be "Sprint" so I sprinted for several traffic lights throughout the day. I stopped for some water at Coyote Hills and a woman asked if my tires were okay for riding on gravel. I guess she noticed they were white from riding on gravel. I told her yeah. She asked me what kind of tires were they. Rather than tell her they were GP5000S TRs, which I don't think would've meant anything to her, I just told her they were road tires and you can ride them on the gravel that's in the park. Mr. Pickles was especially good today. After lunch I decided to loop around the long way to get back on the bike path. I think maybe that just meant more time into the headwind. Alameda Creek Trail going out to the levee is always pretty bad but the headwind today was especially bad. I had planned to go home the way and came but I opted to head into Atherton to avoid the headwind on the Bay Trail. It worked really well but as soon as I got to Redwood City, the headwind was back - all the way back home. I couldn't believe how gassed my legs were so I stopped for a Frappuccino. It gave me a boost which I needed for the final climb home.