My ride yesterday was stupendous! Great temps, no wind,low humidity..what a wonderful time. I rode a club ride on Wed. Very nice one too in spite of the wind, temps were great ~75...did 37 miles @ 13 mph but was itching to work harder.

Sooo, did something I've not done before...I asked another faster rider to ride on Thurs. We did 47 miles and did I work!! MPH number in my head before the ride was 15 and I had 15.1 with 2500' of climbing. Of course he had to wait for me but it really helped me push to have a 'rabbit'. Heart rate was 142 and my smile was ear to ear.