Originally Posted by Homeyba

You're just not doing it right! When I first started doing brevets my son was pretty small. Sure the events are on weekends but there are only 4 qualifiers. That's only 4 weekends a year and 3 of those four rides are one day events. All four of them can be if you're fast enough. I just told my wife that if I can do these qualifiers the family would get a vacation in Europe, Canada or wherever the next summers 1200k was. She was all over that. Training was pretty easy too. First of all, you don't need nearly as many training miles as some people think you do. Second, you schedule your training around family events/time. Ride to the kids soccer games, and to family reunions. I used to get up at 4:30am three days a week and do a training ride before work. I also commuted to work on occasion and would use those times to train. It can be done, you just have to think outside the box a little.