Originally Posted by
RockyMtnMerlin
Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it is just possible that he was out on a recovery ride, ending his ride with a cool down or just doing a base mileage day and could have cared less that you "dropped" him,
+1
Also, might not have been a whipper-snapper, just young. Abilities vary even for the chronologically young, not just the young at heart.