Blading time again

Fantastic weekend for blading! Collin and I went 10 miles on Saturday in 65 minutes, not too bad for the 2nd time out. Today Ryan and I went 15 miles at a slightly slower pace of 2 1/2 hours. The trip out was great, good time, it was awesome. Now the trip back is a whole other story. I am not in nearly as good shape as I think I am. I thought I was going to die at one point; I had to stop and rest. Actually laid on the grass panting, Ryan being in way better shape didn't need to even sit down. Now, in our defense (ok, mine) the wind did kick up in a nasty sort of way for the trip back and of course we were going into it and Ryan had a tire blow out. He noticed at the turn around point it was bulging so it was kind of a trick to see how far we got before it went. It made a loud cool sounding pop. Next weekend I will walk with him and hope I can keep up.