Quote Originally Posted by DebTX View Post

Average speed still slow at under 10, but I guess if I'm making progress getting up hills I had to walk last year, something's getting better.

As my LBS tells me, "Deb, it's gonna take more than one season to get fast at this..." I'm so impatient!
It does. At 54, it's taken me 3 years to get from a 8.5mph average to a 10.5.

But I'm thrilled! Plus, I can do rides much longer and hillier than I used to be able to do.

Progress is slow at my age with a background of no sports...but it's happening nonetheless.