Originally Posted by nkfrench

Good for you. That was in Ft Worth? Did you do that on the Trinity Trails riding out and back from the north side?

40 miles is a good distance to take pause and review what needs tweaking (bike fit, clothing, gear) - that's far enough for things to start bothering you if they aren't quite right.

My own experience a year ago was that it was not difficult to increase distance on my longest ride from 28 to 50 miles; but I did progress too quickly and had some setbacks requiring a few weeks off the bike to heal up.