OMG... you're kidding! it's sooo funny... you can just see them puffing out their chests while they are typing... "i went XX far and did at XX mph!"

uh.... oh..... so what... i went this many miles and it took 1/2 of forever to do it.... want a medal! lol!

i came to the conclusion that i'm an endurance rider... not a speed deamon! i'd rather finish the ride than try to keep up with them and burn out and have to quit early! *GASP*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

would i like to be faster? sure... but do i need to focus solely on it? nah..... it's all about the ride!

plus.. it's all about terrain... hills... upgrades... downhills... downgrades.. WIND! whether or not i worked legs hard that morning or the morning before (uhm... i can OUCH today... i tortured myself yesterday morning!) so their mph averages are so really nothing to anyone else except someone doing their exact ride.. and even then.. in the BIG picture.. it's nothing still!