100% alone. im too slow for some and the ones who think i ride too fast, are walking.

id be nice to ride with some others, as ive found the best way i train, is to be shamed into riding faster/farther. i havent a gf nor a wife and the friends i know that ride are all cat 2 fast. people have said if they were friends theyd train with me, but i dont think id like playing football with 9 year olds, so i understand.

i would like to find some attractive women, who would be willing to hurdle insults, belittle and mock me, while they rode off into the sunset, till i got fast enough to catch them, then i could find some faster women who would do the same, till i got even faster.

the point wouldnt be to actually ride with them, only for them to play drill sergeant and motivate me.

there are times to enjoy the sights and there is a time to train, i have to figure out how to do more of the latter and less of the former, or its going to be a very painful season.