Hey, anybody with a grandchild who WANTS to call herself senior is senior in my book. My grandchild giggles every time I tell her I've been out riding: that's fun too.

Now then: Question: how do you train to get better so as to do long distances with hills on a regular basis? And how do you get past the seat pain problem for good? I'm better about that, but whew, it sure takes a lot of squirming around on the saddle all the ride. I've adjusted the saddle and the bike and tried other saddles, and part of me is just plain delicate. Any tried and true hints that older gals in particular find helpful would be much apprecate

My friend is taking me out on longer and longer rides with hills, AHEM: 35 miles today, a new record for me. It seems to be working, as I keep going and extend the distance, I'm getting better at getting up hills, even longer ones and gradually my average speed on a ride is increasing, although I don't ride to beat the rush, I ride for the pleasure of going. I'm working on weight training at a gym too.

What do all of you do? How often do you ride as a beginning rider, or even not so beginning any more, and does that make a big difference (should think so.)