Quote Originally Posted by chelle
If I'm out for a group ride I'm never as aggressive as I am when I'm on the race course. Anyone else feel the same?
At the moment my 'races' are practice TT's and my sons, their friend, my partner and I all head off at timed intervals (of course, I always go first cause I'm slowest) and I am def more focussed & push myself harder in this situation... I set my self goals of where I have to be before each one passes me, and how far I have to get before I lose sight of each one after they have passed me.

My partner is often concerned that being passed by all will demoralise me, but it works the opposite way and fires me up, and each time we 'practice TT' I find the time before they catch me is getting longer and longer.

I also find that I push myself harder and through more discomfort when out for a ride with my sons, than when I am riding solo.