Originally Posted by
sstang13
That is what I'm working towards, those rides are still hard for me and even a 30 sec pull can blow me up for the rest of the ride.
To the OP again, just keep going, try to make every ride you can, and soon enough taking pulls on the group rides will not be a problem.
At speed, 30 seconds of pulling is too long. Get to the front, ten pedal strokes, move over.