Quote Originally Posted by Allie1DukeFn
It killed me to see all those people on road bikes whipping past us (we were on mountain bikes), but DH just kept saying that doing 11 mph (average) on a mountain bike was pretty darn good and not to be discouraged. Hard not to be!
Congratulations! 11 mph is great on a mountain bike - especially over that kind of a distance - shoot, I don't do much better than that on my road bike People still fly past me when I'm out riding (fewer than used to, but still lots!) I seriously doubt I could have done 25 miles 6 weeks after I started riding!

I figure I do it for fun (most importantly) and I do it for fitness - so whatever has me working as hard as I need to work and yet still having fun is my speed No matter what anyone else thinks about it.