Faster!

[Geonz]

Some people do get faster more easily than others - prob'ly a genetic thing. I got faster by working on technique (get the most from every stroke) and doing little things like nudging up my speed by one or two mph for "intervals" - until I got tired, and then I'd do it for oh, 100 more times around the pedals, on the grounds that that extra effort would make the difference. I did it solo sort of to prove I could do it, and because I wanted to be able to speed up and slow down whenever I wanted, and because group riding is a whole 'nother thing and I can only do a half 'nother thing at a time (I'm a klutz). However, I"d been on swim teams and trained really hard, and stayed pretty slow, so I was used to training on my own terms. I didn't push as hard biking - just "pushing" was enough. (Itwas a serious surprise, and a whole lot more fun when I actually got pretty fast :-)) I still usually prefer to ride slowly... and have aggressively recruited other people to do so. It's hard to tell from your description whether you're really slow, or whether you just have a fast club :-)

Oh!!! And please recognize that people, especially men, LIE about how much they work. LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE. They will train their little bazoombas off and then "oh, yea, I don't do much."