If your wheel needs to be trued you did the right thing. A mechanical failure in this wind could have been catastrophic. We don't need another ride report when someones friend or significant other logs in "I'm not Running Mommy, her wheel came off on a downhill on IMAZ"

Triathletes have an odd idea of fun This is fun? Racing into headwind?

It's not a race so I can't imagine what you do but I recall on Day 2 of ALC which is relatively flat but with a couple hills at the end having this conversation with a guy passing me:
Guy:We trained for hills
Trek:Yep
Guy:And we trained for heat
Trek:Yep
Guy:And we trained for back to back centuries
Trek:Yep
And headwind
Trek: Yep
Guy: I forgot to train for all 4 at once.

And I was having fun at the time. You gals are inspirational