I am with everyone here, love, love, love to run alone. Me time. Plus I can focus on what I need to do. And if it is a more leisurely run in the evening, I can look into houses and see how they've decorated, what paint colours they've used, furniture...

I began riding and training a few years ago and it was always a solitary event. This year I forced myself to do my long weekend rides with a small group, but still trained during the week by myself. My riding has improved.
Fear has been holding me back. Fear of not being good enough and holding people up. I still am a bit anxious when I roll up to my coach's house and see all the "big boy bikes," that are going on the ride that day. (Honestly, my mouth gets dry, my heart is pounding in my chest and I have to talk myself into staying!) Something to work on.