or alternate title: Fucking headwind
Today it was stronger and even closer to being right into my teeth. And not just the big wide open stretch, it was there as soon as I turned onto the bike path.
Now the forecasters this morning said that it won't be anywhere near as windy as it was yesterday. Um, great, so we start off with much stronger winds than yesterday but rather than keeping the wind and the direction steady to have a nice tailwind on the way home (oh it was nice too, pushed me right along) it will get calm or worse swing around so I've got a headwind on the way home. Super Duper.
The North Wind in Your Spokes book is awesome. Last night I had to close it, forced my self to stop. It was reading like The Lord of The Rings trilogy. Maybe it is the multiple points of view and disjuncted time line that gives me that feeling, but the descriptions and the possibility for the hero to fail and fall hard are really front and center in the writing.
It is a damn good book. Damn good. And i'm only a 1/3 of the way through it.
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Quit your bitching. It could be worse. Hell, you could trade jobs with me and drive 85 miles a day to work and back. Though, I do pass a few nice riding spots on the way and we do have showers. The early AM orange sidelit trail riding has been sweet..
How many of your posts have the word "headwind" in the title?
i did that for 6 years... driving 75 miles each way... 150 miles a day...
thanks but no thanks... i'll take the headwind and complain about it, but i do realize it is a benefit a boon, without the headwind my ride would be easier and I wouldn't have to work as hard on the bike...
no idea - haven't checked - i don't keep track of stuff like that
hell i don't even keep track of stats much at all - esp not lately...
Those springtime winds are an evil I've learned to live with as well. My night road rides are mostly N-S loops in town so 1/2 the ride is quick, the other a little slow. It all evens out in the end I suppose.
except that often the morning winds are blowing towards the water, and the afternoon winds are blowing in off the water...
double doozie...
but tonight it looks like another tailwind! what a nice break from the normal pattern of headwind both ways.
Only four
how many days till cross season?
http://www.gewilli.com/search?q=headwind
glad to see that you are still checking in
wish I were as faithful of a reader as I am a poster
and at least 20 posts include the word "wicked". I checked.
I'm sure there's a dumb word that 'populates' almost every one of my blog posts too. Kachow!
posts or titles
eh?
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