Today's weather was hot, in the low 90's. There was a generous wind from the North-West. I wasn't sure how I was going to feel. I felt pretty good from the start, but I knew I wasn't going to be able to do high tempo today. I did calculated efforts instead. I went out moderate and lifted the tempo only where necessary, such as over the summits. I was able to increase the tempo just a bit on the way back. The wind was more of a cross-tail at that point. I was doing about 20ish through most of the farm-lands. I decided to eat half of my power bar when I reached SS, then the other half when I reached the base of the last climb. My ailments were close to none. My back was sore at times, I ended up stretching and that took care of it. Stopping helped my body recover as well. Concentration and balance were right on. Gear is working well, it sounds like my saddle needs to be tightened and flush out my pedals. Other notes, I saw one or two gigantic turkey-vultures.