[jyl]

Ah, fighting the wind on your own is better training for the body and soul anyway :-)

Pretend its a breakaway. Even if you're only breaking away from the old lady on a three speed doing her grocery shopping.

I remember at the end of one ride, during an experiment at no-carb eating, I bonked so bad that I was fighting to hang with a little girl riding her pink bike on the sidewalk. Who's say that wasn't as good toughening up for my soul as, say, trying to follow herroberst up a long climb?