Jenn is not the only one dropped like a rock since this has happened to almost all of us. Just recently I was feeling strong and tooling along on a relatively flat road doing about 20, when a 30-40 YO blasts by me like I was standing still. He was going so fast, that even if I had got out of the saddle and sprinted to catch him, he would have lost me anyway. I consider myself relatively fit, but am also resigned that there are far younger, far faster people that can clean my clock regularly. - and that goes for many women too. I may be able to get a few ‘fastest for my age group’ on Strava but there is no way I can even dream of getting even a top 100 in many segments. Just have to be happy with what I can do relative to my age group and against myself. Of course I keep training and watch my diet, since excess lbs are the enemy when climbing.
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