Quote Originally Posted by wackyjacky1 View Post
I hate being slow, I hate dreading even the slightest incline, I hate being exhausted after such a short ride.
I hear ya. I definitely hear ya.

I posted a couple of months ago because I couldn't get up a hill. Not even a small hill. Not even slowly. A week after posting that I made it up the hill by my house for the first time ever. Yesterday I rode up a hill that I've never made it up before. There are four other hills I've conquered in the last month or so, and only three left that I'm still walking. It will come.

I found that weather was holding me back a lot. I couldn't do anything about that though. I've also found that if I haven't eaten enough, drank enough, or slept enough then I can't ride much. Eat, drink, ride, and have fun. Don't rush yourself.