On January 1st I set out with a group of riders and rode 48 miles, with about 2000' of elevation gain. We had either head wind or cross wind nearly the entire time blowing steady at 20-25mph with gusts above 30mph. The only tailwind we had was on the way out of the city. It was the coldest, most tiring day of cycling I'd ever experienced, but was so glad to have the opportunity to get outside and continue cycling.
It took so much out of me though, the next day I rode only 10 mi, and even took a full blown rest day on Sunday. Yesterday I got back on the bike again and kept on pedaling. I set a goal for this year to bike 12,000mi, about twice what I did last year. To achieve that I need to average 230mi/week. We'll see how it goes.