The local bike trail (the W&OD for the locals) runs over 45 miles in a north-westerly direction from inside the beltway in Northern Virginia out to the horse country. It so happens that the prevailing wind is from the NW, and tomorrow they're calling for 25-30 MPH winds from that direction. I did the ride last night and it was brutal heading out, but heaven coming back.

I have a buddy at work who lives out that way on the first ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tomorrow he's promised to haul me and my bike to the end of the trail after work, and I'm going to be doing a sweet wind-aided ride all the way home. Planning to set a new PR (with the wind-aided asterisk of course). Cant wait!