Originally Posted by novacommuter

Now, with the seemingly endless paving project that's got Kirkwood torn all to hell and back, I've been using the S-curve of death again and braving the hills on the Custis before Glebe. Can I tell you how much I loathe that last hill before the left turn across 66? Lord. This comes at mile 7 or so for me, since I work on the Hill. I'm usually dead by then from the brutal headwind riding up the Mt. Vernon toward Rosslyn, and then the slog from Rosslyn to the departure from following Lee Hwy.