I'm not the OP, but I'll be interested in the answers. In my case, my goal is the Aids LifeCycle next summer. 7 days, 545 miles, some climbing, usually 1 century and 1 near-century. My weekends have been booked lately, but I am trying to get in at least 50 miles a week at the moment. (Got the bike at the end of May.) On the weekends I can ride I'm working up to longer rides - trying a 45 mile ride this weekend, for example. The ALC training season don't really start until January with some pre-season training in September I think and I'm trying to be as ready as I can before that starts.