I love stories like these. Great job

I had something similar happen a little over 2 weeks ago. I was on one of my usual solo rides and another female cyclist caught up to me at a red light. When the light turned green we both started up a climb. We were talking about training, climbing, and weight loss. I told her about my Athena weight (162 lbs at that time, on my 5'4" frame), and that I wanted to drop to 120 lbs. She told me that when I reach that weight I would "fly up this thing". I told her I could hardly wait to see what that feels like. Then she said "you're a strong climber". I just happened to have the camera rolling like I always do on climbs, so when I got home and played it back I noticed that I was going almost as fast as I normally do on that climb, minus the heavy breathing. Something about riding with another person must have made that climb easier, because on the next climb when I left her behind the heavy breathing and pain returned.

Do any of you find it easier to go faster when riding with others?