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11-24-11 | 08:06 AM

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donheff

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Originally Posted by DnvrFox

However, I continue to read about amazingly long rides and faster times, and there has continued to be a little inkling in the very far back inner parts of my mind that I REALLY ought to be tracking miles, pushing for faster and faster speeds, etc...

I feel I now - at 72 - have been able to give myself total and complete permission to ride as I REALLY enjoy, without those slight concerns that I might have subconsciously had of speed and distance. Hey, that is a really nice feeling.

+1 I pushed myself into rides that I really didn't enjoy and realized that it should be about "smiles per miles" rather than "no pain, no gain." But I still feel a pang of speed/distance envy now and then.

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