Wobblyoldgeezer - we usually ride together, she tires faster than I so I go out and ride further. She'll catch up. We all have different rates of fitness.
Kotts - Yes it is those two spots and not in-between. It's nice to know that the pain will subside kind of.
Seems like my back and shoulder pain is subsiding and I think much of that was due to posture changes and fine tuning the handlebars and saddle a bit more.
I find it interesting many of you started like we are and now you look so nonchalantly at 30-50 miles. I think it very likely that if I start doing 30+ miles, I'll look pretty hard at attempting a commute to work. From the SW side of Indy to the NE side is 28 miles.
Just too bad Indy streets aren't built for that. They are working on it, but they need to also fix the crazy drivers.