Went riding in the afternoon today. The weather was cooler today than last week. Somewhere around 75 with cool winds coming from the north. Today was all about modest tempo riding with no heroics (but a few little digs here and there). I was able to start practicing out of the saddle, in the hooks accelerations. Somewhat of a sprinting exercise. It's starting to come back to me, as I as hoping. Otherwise, ailments, I felt good physically. Concentration was a little shacky at times but was overall average at best for the entie ride. Balance was good, although I felt a some imbalance going up Banducci. But I can't say for sure it was me, a perhaps it was the banking of the road with turbulent wind conditions. Gopro refused to change modes as I was about to go onto route 202 to old town road. I had to remove the battery in order to reset the mode. The GPS is working well, however the heart rate monitor wasn't working prior to shoving off. Turns out that the original battery had leaked and caused a little bit of curosion, blocking the connection from the new battery. A little bit of cleaning fixed that up. But I have to keep an eye on it and maybe check to see how much a new one costs. My earphones are working ok, but sometimes they pop off my ear as the wind is bufetting eather side. Gonna see if there are different designs that are more suitable.