I did a short ride today. Actually I intended to do a long ride since the weather report said winds 5-8 and with temps in the mid 60's- a thaw for us. After struggling through 20 miles of headwinds that were definitely more than 5-8, at a pace of 10 mph which I was struggling to maintain, I found a side road and coasted for 2 miles at 16 mph without peddling before I gave up and tunred across the wind to head home. If you live in the Texas plains, you don't need hills cause you just have to fight the wind. Of course then you never get the joy of a downhill, and rarely the ease of a tailwind. Time to take a day or two off I guess.