beatlebee 

Just a passing curiosity, how many training hours have you racked up this year?

Looks like I'm at ~470 hours.

furiousferret

Not sure how it compares but I've probably never passed 100 hours any other year and will end up 500 miles of doubling my lifetime total in miles. The important thing is I had a lot of fun. (although at times it feels like a second job, but I feel that more getting ready than the actual ride)

Distance: 7,773.9 mi
Time: 506h 22m
Elev Gain: 376,145 ft

Wylde06

Looks like im at 395 for the year so far. A few days left, so add a few more to that

Alaska Mike

Been a rough year for me as far as riding goes, so I'm just under 400. Of that, about 160 of those were on the trainer. I really need to get out more next summer.

Doge

Puppy Doge:
408 on bike logged on Garmin. I expect 20 or so having forgot the Garmin and 50 of those are actual racing.

150 in the gym - not logged, but pretty close.

Me:
80 in the gym
130 running
100 riding
0 racing

hack

According to the Stravas:

316 hours
6054 miles

I'll probably add 8-10 hours and 175-200 miles to that by years end.

valygrl

555 hours, 8300 miles. smallest year since i started tracking on WKO, and best race results, go figure.

should be a few more in the last few days of the year.
edit: that's all hours/miles, not just training, i don't have it broken out by training, racing, indoor, JRA...

caloso

464 hours

YMCA

no effin idea
stopped logging years ago
~500 I suppose

I find annual hours to be a bad metric.
It's only important what I'm doing in the weeks before and during races.
Everything else is just keeping a small base, making it easier to pop into shape quickly.

carpediemracing 

151 hours this year. Maybe 70-90 hours on the trainer?

221 hours last year. Something like 120 hours on the trainer.

I'm guessing 140 hours in 2012, my Strava that year isn't complete (says 115). Junior was born March that year so I'd expect it to be relatively low.

2010 I did 450 hours, upgraded to 2 at the end of it. For me that's about as much as I can do from a fatigue/life point of view.

UmneyDurak

Around 550-600ish.

spdntrxi

~200 hours..

Wesley36

A bit over 250 hours, prolly get over 260 by New Years.

Here's to better scheduling in 2015 (ie more volume/ training stress), and less time sick/ otherwise off the bike.

mattm

Annual training hours this season: enough.

Next season: more than enough.

shovelhd

A season aborted twice. 306 hours YTD.

Ygduf

this year: lots
next year: lots but probably not as much

aaronmcd

Strava says a bit over 600 and 10,000. Some not on strava, but it's close I think.

akinsgre

290 hrs

tetonrider

i opened this thread expecting to see @Ygduf had won. i was actually curious about his annual hours.

this thread made me curious about my own hours--480 with a week to go. 3 surgeries during the year, and 2 months where my month's riding was less than a week's worth for some folks here.

interesting to see the disparate responses in the thread.

for me, total hours doesn't mean as much as what is done during those hours, but it is still interesting.

aaronmcd

I think it's interesting how a kid gymnast spends twice as many hours training as we do. My bro used to spend 20 hrs per week in the gym

tetonrider

just like cycling hours, not all gym hours are equal.

**some folks** spend a lot of time hanging out int he gym, just like **some cyclists** spend a long time tooling around/getting to the point where they'll do quality work.

juniors can have plenty of responsibilities, but on this forum we've probably got more folks with full-time jobs, mortgages/rent to pay, girlfriends/wives/children/pets, need to do things like prepare meals... all of that limits training time. if mom and dad are paying for the roof over my head, driving me to where i need to be, cooking meals for me, there are more available hours.

of course not true for all people, just a sweeping generality for juniors vs adult athletes.

furiousferret

I work 40 hours a week plus on call. My cycling time if you take away injury weeks averages out to 12 hours or so. There are days when I leave work to go cycle and get home with maybe an hour to spend before I go to bed. How much of that time is 'efficient', probably a third but I do believe quantity augments the quality (to an extent). For a new guy like me, everything counts.

This is my hobby and what I enjoy. I tend to get obsessive about one singular thing. I wasn't cycling that time would probably go towards something else.

hack

Sounds about right. My wife was a gymnast through college and spent 20 hours per week in the gym when school was in session and up to 40 during the summer. Not a lot of down time in there either. Cardio, weights, and gymnastic stuffs (skills and whatnot???).

edit: you guys ride a lot more than I do

gsteinb

I had a bunch of consecutive years in the 900 range. Questionable if it was worth it. 2009 I won three point series titles. A masterd state crit, and bronze in the elite state crit. Probably my best year results wise, but i wasn't as marked, the older masters categories have gotten harder, and I have more free time now.

YMCA

Gotta wonder if all those years of 1000 hr annuals helped my current 500?

Obviously technique and tactics were built tremendously, but curious if there is a physiological imprint that has lasted?