Still trying to recover from a bad winter but a few years ago I was in training for a hard ride. Sundays ride was long and hilly- Monday rest day- Tuesday and Thursday were down the gym and wed and Friday were out riding for 20 effective miles. Saturday was sorting the bikes for the following weeks training. As we got nearer the ride we cut the Gym and upped the severity of the evening rides. Although when we were doing the gym aswell as the evening rides we felt as though we were training hard- it wasn't untill we cut the gym that we could put more into the riding training. 4 nights on the trot and we were just below full effort as we had to go out again tomorrow.

Still keep riding to 3 days a week- I feel that I need that rest day between rides.