Winds were slowing me down today, along w/ ice cream cone stop at Ronnies at Charlton Depot. Avg spd at 10-mile marker 14.6 mph. ( Avg spd 15.1 mph last run on 5/11, H/R ? bpm - still need chest sensor battery replace ). Avg speed build-up as ride progressed: Knox Trail Jr High entrance road (1/4 mile into the route) 18.0 mph (19.0 mph last time) ; top of first big Ash St hill (at 2 wx vanes) 7.6 mph (last time it was 7.6 mph); at end of Ash St 10.9 mph (last time 11.2 mph); corner of E Charlton & Bacon Hill Rd 12.4 mph (last time 12.8 mph); E Charlton & Old Spencer Rd (town line) 12.6 mph (last time 13 mph); end of Old Spencer Rd (at Rt 31) 13.2 (last time 13.6 mph); bottom of downhill trough on N Sturbridge Rd (just before Osgood Rd) 14.0 mph (last time 14.5 mph); corner of Briarcliff Ln & Bacon Hill Rd near railroad underpass 14.1 mph (last time 14.6 mph); end of Cranberry Meadow Rd at railroad overpass 14.2 mph (last time ? mph); Howe Park, at turn onto Lyford Rd uphill just before railroad overpass- 14.6 mph (last time 15.1 mph). Wx conditions: Sunny, very dry air, w/ clear blue skies and lime-colored new leaf growth on trees, W and NW winds at 18 mph G to 26 mph, air temp 72 F , dew pt 33 F Clothing: shorts, 2 layers upper.