Tailwinds

This last week has been a bike blessing. Different days, assorted riders and various ways of riding: fast, slow and everything in between.


Sunday, we split into two groups of theory. One group went fifty miles south with a tailwind to their back to start. They wanted to warm up (physically) to cool off as the day progressed, heading home into the wind. The second group split off northward into the wind, towards Sigourney. Not doubt that when the two groups separated at the intersection of Libertyville and Brookville Road, they each reviewed the merits of their own philosophy - tailwind first, or on the homeward leg, being the best approach.

Whenever I tell others of our cycling ventures, they ask where do you go? It is then that I realize that the uninitiated think in terms of goals and endpoints. Our reality is - the journey is the process. It is not “how” we perform but “why.” And for each one it can be a different conclusion.

At the end of the day, we end up at the same place...home.
This much I know is true.

Triple O