I sort of fantasized today that I had stepped up one level in my bicycling.
It was very windy today, and that makes cycling into the wind difficult. I was on the open stretch between the park and where the trail crosses the Missouri River and drops down onto the Katy Trail. It is very exposed and I was giving it my all to keep a decent speed. A couple miles before the Katy Trail parking lot I noticed someone behind me. I fully expected them to pass, but they stayed there. They drafted behind me for those two miles. It did have the effect of keeping me from slacking off, and a good portion of the last mile is a climb.
When I got to parking lot, I slowed down. The person behind me thanked me for allowing them to ride behind me. It was a petit SYT all in spandex on a fancy racing cycle. I’m sure that for her riding behind me was like trailing a rolling barn. Since she turned into the parking lot, I assumed this was the end of what was probably a long ride, so she did not mind coasting behind me for a couple miles.
I know I am cycling stronger than I did at the start of the spring, but leave me to me fantasy.
I looked at the odometer on my bicycle today, and somewhere back I had gone over a 1000 miles this cycling season. Not bad for an old fat man.