Guilty as charged

[threadwalker]

The bike ride was great. Talked to a Deathride Vet while climbing the first hill. Lots of good advice. Passed by someone else w/ Deathride jersey. Man... all the cool kids have one!

Here's my summary:

Howard: Ride like the wind, Bullseye
HRJ: Chariots of Fire
Victor: Never Surrender, Never Give up
Me: You spin me right round baby like a record...

Howard is a Deathride Vet. Need I say more?

HRJ is a tempest in a tea cup. Do NOT get in her way, she will run you down and laugh while she's doing it. And she's not even riding a proper road bike.

But apparently I'm a liar. A low down, dirty liar. I did laps between the tops of hills and our straggler, Vic, as he closed in on the hill tops. I think I broke Vic on this ride; F is a little vexed that I may have broken his childhood buddy. Although I did offer to call in the strike force to pull him out (a la hubby and kids and truck), but he got mulish and said his pride won't allow it. Vic still loves me, but he's not ever going to believe me ever again about difficulty of bike rides. Ever!

I feel terrible about it. I guess I'm not a beginner and my idea of "easy" is not on par with everyone else's idea of easy. I've been training solo forever and I have no yardstick for level of difficulty. I feel terrible. I totally owe Vic.

Comments

[hrj.livejournal.com]

I think it can be hard to estimate difficulty on an absolute scale unless you work at it (i.e., work at estimating difficulty levels, with proper feedback on accuracy). I wouldn't have guessed that I'd tackle those hills as well as I did so, conversely, if you asked me how hard they were, I'd probably underestimate it (because they couldn't be that hard if I managed them that well). I"m tired, but not exhausted. Which is about where I want to be after a ride.

Yay, Victor!!

[wtf-ms-bunny.livejournal.com]

I'm going to make sure that Howard avails himself of your enthusiasm. He was suitably impressed by YOU!

[sassycat8.livejournal.com]

I was so sad to miss it, but my back thanked me this morning by feeling much better. I am going to go to spinning tonight where it is much easier to stop if it starts hurting. Keep me posted, I really want to ride with you.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

I am a terrible coach. My concept of "easy" is not yet calibrated. But if you're up for some hills and a nice 2.5 hr ride, excellent!