the neck and the shoulders

it is not the legs. sure, they grow tired as they turn pedals time and time and time again, often fighting up rather steep hills. but my legs seem to have a deep reserve of stamina. rather it is the shoulders and neck. my fucking shoulders and fucking neck. about three hours into each ride, they begin to scream at me, and beg that i stop. consequently, as i climb the hills, i find myself alternating between massaging left then right then left then right and so forth. which is rather annoying. it isn't simply soreness, but a relatively sharp pain that refuses to relent. the tension then radiates to my head, causing a mild headache. my god, what have i gotten myself into? but at least today, i had sunglasses to save my eyes from squinting and bugs. yesterday, i spent a good twenty minutes attempting to flush the knat out of my red and irritated eye, which remained sore all day. many months ago, i stumbled across a pair of sunglasses in a store on haight street with kristina, that cost $300. i wanted them badly, which frankly is utterly absurd. $300??? but today motherfucker, i found a pair that looks and feels remarkably the same, for $19.99!!!!! i am tempted to go back and buy a second pair, for the time when pair number one wears out. perhaps i will have such luck with all of my equipment. perhaps even my neck and shoulders will follow suit. and now i will lie on my couch in the small piece of sun that breaks the silence of my windows, and listen to the new william hut record. oh to have a voice like that. oh oh oh. like my neck, i shall not relent. no no no.

Posted by jeff at May 31, 2003 05:25 PM

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