Quote Originally Posted by tctrek View Post
I know TrekTheKaty will appreciate this as will other ladies out here who ride with their DH and are frustrated because he is a better rider and takes off and leaves you in his dust. This summer, I started my campaign to "ride my own ride" and I have declined to chase him when he does his fast pedal away from me. He invariably circles around and comes back to me.. still it p*sses me off!

I have been working with a coach and doing some great interval training and stepped up to riding 6 times a week for at least an hour per day. It's starting to pay off!

Tonight, riding with DH and it was time for me to start a "Tempo" interval. I took off to get my heart rate up to the training level and ended up hitting some high speeds (at least for me!!) of 24 mph. DH got a bit of a late start behind me, didn't catch my wheel and I left him in my dust! I looked behind and could no longer see him, but I had to keep going or I would ruin my interval. When the interval was finished he caught up to me, stating he was "tired" after last nights ride and decided not to chase me down. Yeah, right *snort*.

This story may seem silly to some of you, but I will bet the ladies out there that chase their DH every ride are sitting there smiling. Revenge is sweet.
That's great that you're getting better. YOu don't need your husband to become a better cyclist if you have already found a coach/personal trainer nor should you allow him to be a "competitor" to you or vice versa unless this sort of thing never affects your marriage over time.

I'm probably reading too much into this since this sort of competitive spirit between myself and dearie doesn't exist,..we each have quite different strengths that we would be idiots to "compete" against one another on anything. We would each die laughing at each other.