get off of my road!

after all the close calls yesterday, my dailymile friends david keith hyde and 26x25 suggested i yell at the cars and trucks and tell them to get off my road. i thought it was worth a try. maybe i'd be safer if i projected a meaner, take no nonsense demeanor.

it worked! i yelled at the nearly 40 cars with multiple variations of "hey, buddy! get off of my road!" i shook my fists in anger at more than one truck and every one of them fled into the night never to be seen again. once i shouted, "get on the sidewalk! that's what they were made for!" don't know what i was saying. hope that guy doesn't take my words to heart. the rest of the time it was awesome! wish i'd been given this advice years ago.

it's really a good thing the cars stayed away from me today, too, because the wind was awful. i was buffeted the whole time i was out. i was nearly pushed into the road more than once. i was almost pushed into the road more than once. the swirly whirly turbulence atop l'alpe d'anville was as crazy as it's ever been. it was difficult going out to danville and hard coming back home. blow! blow! blow! i yelled at the wind, but it didn't work like it did for cars. grrrr! the wind was so bad, i almost quit at 16 miles, but i decided to dig a bit deeper and take in a few miles to the east. i climbed to the top of mock hill then turned around and went home.

i wonder what it's going to be like tomorrow. they're actually forecasting a windy day. yikes! (21.77 miles @ 13.2mph)