Because pushing myself never worked well any more. I just accepted who I was. I'm old, not 40s, not even 50s.
Just quit pushing myself.
Since Mr. Whp. complains about his front thigh pain, we both started riding very slow. And for up slope, I used very low gear which I've never used before. I couldn't use it before, but I can nowadays. So it worked very well for saving my energy.
When I came back and checked my record, I was so surprised. Average Speed was slower than before of course, but I could ride over 10 miles without any pain and fatigue!
What a surprise!!
OK. The key is: I should know who I am.
It's getting hot again, better to go for a ride right away!
It was not hot yet at beginning so we rode at a comfortable speed for a while. What a big pleasure to ride side by side with my husband through our neighborhood which I wished long time ago! As soon as I see/hear a vehicle coming I can move to the right freely now so I don't need to worry about anything nowadays.
Since we started with comfortable speed for a while, we didn't get too tired. That's good, and even average speed was not lowered either!
But after I finished riding my body started hurting here and there, so I did some stretching which calmed down the pain.
