Totally different type of bicycle - because I'm not a speed guy

The road bike I had ordered in the beginning of June.
I rode home from 15 kilometers the shop.
The bike was faster than I had expected, but I was not.
First, I don't have the power and stamina I had when I was a student. When I road uphill, I thought the bike was unexpectedly light, but when I finish climbing hill and measured my heart rate, I knew I had been using my full power.
Second, I was so scared of the speed that I was gripping the brake almost always when I was riding downhill.
Third, the position of road bikes is quite different from ordinary bicycle, even from cross bikes, which I had had, and another kind of sports bicycle. This was my first time I road a bicycle with a drop handlebar. I couldn't get used to the suitable (forced) position for this handle bar, with a posture tilted forward. My palms and hips had pain easily, with handlebar and saddle I'm not accustomed to.
I had thought that 15 kilometers was not so long for a bicycle, but by the time I got home, I was totally tired from this totally different type of bicycle I had ever experienced.

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