They probably rode 1/2 mile total. How far had you gone already?

When I was a teenager casually goofing off on my ten speed I saw a group of roadies pass my street. Wearing jeans and not thinking clearly, I sped off to catch them, then passed them, just to prove that I could. But keeping ahead of them was more work than I bargained for. I turned off onto a side street, and once out of sight, threw up in the bushes.