i found a cycling partner!!

[mariacycle]

don't say he's sadly in better shape than you. Since you're younger you can GET in shape faster than he can.

haha i sure hope that's true! he keeps up with training better than i do for other sports while i have taken a hiatus to be a lazy senior. hopefully it'll just take a couple weeks to be in good enough shape to really push myself to those longer rides like i used to have.

Cherish the time together.

absolutely. thank you so much for your encouraging words!