Originally Posted by
Koyote
As has been suggested many times already: if you want to ride with the Cat 1/2 riders for more than the first few miles (until they drop you), you might want to do some more structured training. You're not going to get faster through osmosis.
This. The guys who are leaving you for dead are doing other kinds of training besides group rides. You don't train for a 40 mile group ride by riding a 40 mile group ride.
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