Update for y'all. Set out at 11 this morning instead of my usual 6:30am time, and ended up doing 12.42 miles at an average of 12.49mph! I was sad to not make the full 14 miles, or the 15 I had planned, but happy about my speed increase! Almost a full mph faster than when I did the same ride a few days back! I downloaded a app for my phone that tracks my progress as well as map my route. Even though it's a basic route, still nice to see where the elevation changes are and where I need to improve. Thanks again for the support, and I know one day soon i'll be doing long rides, just have to work myself there.

Oh, and my friends are impressed with my increase and progress, my family is impressed, and most importantly, my fiance is impressed! I didn't get home from work until midnight, and got to bed at 1, and when my alarm went off at 6, my fiance was trying to wake me up for my ride!