Did I write about the spring winds of Deming, NM? That ride was on Thursday, February 26th.
Yes, this is the same ride day as the bulls with horns. After five miles of fair riding weather I encountered wind like nothing I have ridden through before. This wind was like a tide pushing me to the right then sucking me to the left. Each mili second I was being pushed or pulled and seldom with the same force. This lasted for nine long miles. Now imagine the game of tug of war. One side pulls and the other side also pulls, but they are not attempting to move forward at the same time! Nor are they attempting to keep from being pulled into the road or pushed into the ditch alongside the road.
While managing to keep myself upright, my eyes were watering and my nose was losing liquid at the same time. Once at a particularly tense moment I had a tear drop on my face that tickled and tickled and I could not address it. There were also no bathroom stops but a house every too often, for out in the wilds relief.
Has anyone measured the strength used in this sort of wind. It seemed that I used up many calories in that long 14 miles.
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