Learning to suffer!

One of the things that has come up in my transition from running to biking is learning how to suffer. Years of running taught me how to push and dig deep. With biking I have to learn the handling skills before I can push myself hard enough to suffer. I experimented today with hammering every hill at Umstead. In an effort to learn how the bike handles, with a mile to go, I stopped and let most of the air out of the rear tire and then hammered to the end. It was wobbly when I got to the max speed of 22.0 mph. That was as fast as I could go and stay upright. Fun!