Originally Posted by
MadKaw
One thing I have realized, though. My goal is not to make a distance or a speed or a time. My goal is to ride. I am giving up the idea of making artificial goals; lets face it, the odds of the U.S. Olympic team choosing me to compete with them are pretty gosh-darn low. You'd need to use a computer program to distinguish them from zero. So what am I working for? To feel good, to be healthy, and to have a good time. Today I did just over 2 miles on my mtb, and I am HAPPY!.
My goal is to not get dropped by the group or at least not feel awful when they stop to wait for me. I'd like to be able to do 60=80 mile rides at a fast enough pace to stay reasonably close without feeling like crap later. I was actually getting there before the shutdown of all group rides happened. I did 100 group rides for years and even more after I retired. Been solo for weeks now.