I was riding up Going To The Sun Road in Glacier National Park, one of prettier and nicer rides I've done. I was moving up at a comfortable sustainable pace. I get passed by two young men (just graduated from college). I sped up in order to talk with one of them. I come to find out that they started the ride after finishing college but that they now have to do large mileage every day because the other guy has to be somewhere at a specific time for work. The guy I was talking to was a bit tired and didn't like having to skip some of their route, but he was going along with his partner's needs.

After about 10 minutes, I slowed back down to me comfortable pace and the two of them pulled away from me. I felt a bit sorry for the guy as it was a beautiful day in a beautiful place and he had his head down pushing hard.