I went to ride with club #2 today, a little 25 mile ride with a few small climbs. It was billed as a no drop, casual pace ride and had about 20 riders. First time I've ridden with them in a while and it was a fun time. One friend who was very fast has been having back trouble and claims to have lost fitness but it didn't look like it to me. The big casualty of his back problem was his wife's fitness. She told me she stopped riding when he stopped but kept on with Zwift and eventually gave that up, too. She was huffing and puffing early and later in the ride she dropped out the back.She was discouraged and told her husband to go on and she would ride in alone.
I dropped back and tried to block the wind for her and we rode in together. I hope she keeps at it but she has a ways to go.