{"id":120475,"date":"2026-05-13T05:05:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/group-ride-excuses\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T05:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T05:05:44","slug":"group-ride-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/group-ride-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Ride Excuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-block-key=\"bjieh\">I got to do a few group rides for work last week, and it reminded me of the delicate dance that is setting expectations. There&#8217;s always a temptation to get out ahead of your performance by making some excuses before you even start riding. That way, if you&#8217;re fast, everyone will be impressed by how well you&#8217;re handling adversity, and if you&#8217;re slow, nobody will blame you. So here are some of my favorites.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-block-key=\"bjieh\">In all seriousness, one of the best parts about last week&#8217;s rides was the lack of excuses. Most folks just showed up and rode their bikes, which is always the dream. But I woke up feeling kind of funky, so if I&#8217;m slow tonight, blame Mercury!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v14.0&#038;appId=1928101627421175\" nonce=\"7IOU59Ux\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/nsmb.com\/articles\/group-ride-excuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got to do a few group rides for work last week, and it reminded me of the delicate dance that is setting expectations. There&#8217;s always a temptation to get out ahead of your performance by making some excuses before you even start riding. That way, if you&#8217;re fast, everyone will be impressed by how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":120476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}