This getting up at 4:30-5am crap better pay off.
 

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love to ride, train and race. I love to ride anytime of the day but it does start to wear on you a bit when you HAVE get up before sunrise every day, ride for 2-4 hours and then have to head into work. The tough part for me is the trying to get to bed before 9:30 or so. I am struggling to get all my stuff done and still get 7-8 hours of sleep.

Wife, work, house, training, chores. It is hard to get it all in. I can't imagine you guys that are serious racers with kids. I don't know how you do it.

I do a lot of my riding on the way to work and/or back.

No kids though.

I live 2.4 miles from work...LOL. It really doesn't mean much when I say "I ride to work every day". LOL:roflmao2:

Two kids here. Most of my miles are in the morning before work.

I live 3.7 miles from work. This morning I took a 37 mile detour. (There's no rule that requires you to take the most direct route.)

I ride 1.5 miles from work. Somehow I seem to get lost every day because my rides usually take me more than an hour :p

ride indoors a boatload on a spinbike, and use spinervals. saves a lot of time. still need
the same ride hours but setup and teardown is instant. quick shower. done. if u are honest
you can ride easy, or nuke yourself with intervals just like the road.



oh yeah the 4:30 am crap will pay off....

I live about 30 miles from work. The morning drive takes me about 40 minutes.

I put my bike in the car and ride right after work, then drive home. If I drive home right after work I hit the afternoon rush hour and it will probably take me an hour to get home.

Considering moving closer to work. I'm just a bit jealous of everyone who lives close to where they work...

Up @ 3:30am , training by 4.
If I commute, it's a 43 mile one-way trip.

I can't imagine living so far away from work and having to have a long commute every day.

That's a lot of wasted time right there...

I did a LOT of 0430am training last year and all it led to was burnout.

Be careful. There is a definite balance.

Doing all interval and recovery work on the trainer will save a lot of time. I used to go nuts after 40 minutes on the trainer; now I can do 90-100 minutes easy.

That's what I think every day when I'm driving to/from work.

Also why I've been condo shopping near work. Unfortunately it's an expensive neighborhood.

last year, when i was living in memphis, i did a local hammer ride that left at 5:45 every tuesday and thursday.

great ride. best part - eggs and biscuits afterwards. :D

Not only do I get out on the road, I will do time on the trainer at least 3-4 days a week. Honestly, those are my best workouts. If time allows, I will do my 3hour ride in the morning and try to knock out some serious trainer work at night (if the wife has other things going on. I always have to make time for my better half!). :)

Simple. I turned mine into the Texas State Criterium champion - Womens Cat4. She had nothing else better to do.

W, you don't even race.
What about the birds and sunshine?

:eek:

wife... check.
house... check
chores... check
kids... check
work... check

-Lunch intervals or long-lunch endurance training 2 times / week.
-Monday or Thursday evening group ride.
-Early Saturday group ride (before wife and kids are up) OR weekend race where wife and kids can be spectators.

Our daughter was born last monday (:love:), so training has been difficult last week or so.

congratulations.

When it was pitch black and cold in the dead of winter, I spent a few [very] early mornings on the trainer.
Either doing Spinervals or watching ESPN HD. :D

ride at 6:30-45 every morning. go to sleep at 11-12pm. have a daughter...but i love doing it right now. the days i dont feel like it i dont do it. but i make up for it on my sunday ride.

wr has always been an inspiration. he does a whole lot more with a whole lot less. where do i sign up for the "im a cat 2 but only train 8 hours a week" program?

i slept.

i get up at 3:50am just to go to work!

getting up at 5am to ride a bike is sleeping in.

Right next to table where you pick your parents... I'm starting to wonder if 8 hrs of training can really get you THAT far without a little help from mother nature.