suffering in headwind

down down Adirondack
Originally uploaded by faster panda kill kill.

well its not about complete suffering. but yesterday, i decided to get on the road bike and up on 360 with southwest headwinds of 15mph. it felt good coming back in it from the movies saturday nite, so why not make the legs work more. funny thing about headwind, when u turn around its your best friend. but first u need to ride it. hear it in your head (cuz u can't hear the damn ipod), see other people out there pushing in it. and then those on the other side of the road, loving and smiling in the tailwind. there was alot of people out - but i had my head down most of the way south. it just felt like it was easier that way. nevertheless. for whatever reason, i needed that. and it was a good pain. cedar pollen and all.

the very minute i turned around, it was silent. almost creepy -- the ride back was like being superman. till i had to turn BACK south on shoal creek to get to the house. forgot about that last 30min. that really did hurt then.

here's a shot i got of the 360 bridge. notice how there are no cars. none. it was that eerie silence for 15seconds. peaceful. like being the only person on the bridge with the vultures up above. it didn't last. but it was a nice moment.