i totally agree about location and speed! there is nothing flat around where i live (where i do the majority of my riding).... i'm NOT a fast rider! but i have endurance/stamina!

the ride i did saturday (called savage hill climb) i did at 11.9 average over the total ride.. the only reason it came up to that was cuz of the flats and a nice extended slight down hill near the end.. otherwise my average for the majority of that day was sitting right around 10 mph!)

i could only hope to get up to 18-20 overall average! but not where i live! lol!

as for my mileage... i don't have kids and hubby rides too.... so we have an understanding about ride time.... plus i neglect other things that i don't want to be doing so that i can ride! this year my goal for the year is 5000.. that's quite a bit short of what i did last year.. but i was new and it was fun (it's still fun)... but i realized i have other things i have to do once in a while too!