{"id":20172,"date":"2015-10-21T19:10:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T08:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blokeonbike.com\/bloke1\/?p=20172"},"modified":"2024-06-25T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T20:30:50","slug":"day-18-another-tough-day-battling-headwinds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourdustybackroads.com\/odbProd\/day-18-another-tough-day-battling-headwinds\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18: Another tough day battling headwinds"},"content":{"rendered":"

After having the tent severely bent out of shape in wind gusts of up to 90km per hour last night, I really was hoping that it may have blown itself out overnight. Or at least, have swung around as a wonderful tailwind.<\/p>\n

But that was not to be.<\/p>\n

From the get-go I was struggling to get my speed over ten kilometres an hour and when I\u00a0did, it was only for short periods, usually downhill. Then it was back to the energy and morale-sapping struggle to maintain forward motion.<\/p>\n\n\t\t