Originally Posted by vrkelley
Thought "training" was for racers. But judging by the comments in here, my type of riding is probably not good over the long-haul.
Hopefully it'll be easy to manage a "training" program while commuting. I don't want to be bogged down with more notes and fussing while riding.
Well, I figure training is for reaching a higher level, regardless of whether you race or not. I have no intention of racing, but I like to go faster. I found that when I can go faster, longer, I don't mind riding further. But when I feel like I'm just not making good speed, I'll go to Waikiki and just stop. The magic number seems to be 15 mph. If I can do that to Waikiki 12.5 miles) without feeling like I'm having to work real hard, I'll keep going, maybe going over 40 miles before I get back to Waikiki to eat. But if I have to work hard for that speed or don't work hard and go slower than that, I'll usually go no further until I ride home.
So, I have to do something to make it possible to reach that goal regularly, but at the same time, I'm not racing and so I probably won't train all that hard compared to others.