Yesterday I went out for the first bike ride of the season with Eric. A coolish day at +5C with a strong north wind and the roads are starting to dry up a bit, but there are still lots of big puddles in places. Well the first 20km was pretty good and we were keeping pace with each other, but then things started to fall apart, at least for me. The legs were burning and I was starting to fall behind. Even after a few rest breaks, I just couldn’t keep up the pace. This was a little surprising since last year, keeping up was more of Eric’s problem. Some how I don’t think 32km was such a good distance for my first ride.
Well, the challenge is on for me. I need to get back in shape quickly before there is no hope of keeping up. And I really refuse to let the 30 year age difference have anything to do with it.
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