Feel my pain....

[rocknrollgirl]

Oh...I have been riding with these boys for a while. Last Wed night I passed them on hills, But Sunday, the girl was tired.

About a month ago my guys and I went on a group ride with a bunch of other guys. The new group was nice, but a bit rougher(cruder) than I am used to. I was about a week getting over being sick. So part way through the ride, the leader says...well we could go out to the back section to ride the hills, but it might be too much for the girl..

Whoa, hold on there buddy. I said hey...."man up", I have a big race coming up and could use the hills, lead on....

Too much for the girl my butt!

[Adventure Girl]

My regular ride mountain biking buddies are:
Charlie - The best descender
Cliff - Super strong climber
Pat - Great all-around
Jim - Strong newbie

I'm almost always lagging somewhat behind. Even when I'm riding well I hold them up a little. My personal goal is to get to the next trail head/regroup spot before they are all unclipped!

But every once in a while, I have one of THOSE days like rocknrollgirl had. It just sucks! And I hate feeling like they are ALWAYS waiting for me and that they are adjusting their ride for me.

On one ride, I felt like I just didn't have it to hang with them. I told them I felt so badly about slowing down the pace and that they should go on witout me. I would be fine on my own. But they wouldn't have it! So I hung in there and did the best I could. The next ride everything was fine.

Sometimes you just have days like that. I like the last line of your original post:

Girl will get them next time!