Originally Posted by merlinextraligh

It's overrated. I don't track miles, but typical year for me would be around 7500 miles.

First half of this year, getting ready to do Dirty Kanza (204 miles of gravel in one day) I was doing 1500 mile plus months.

I wouldn't want to do that on a regular basis. To me it would get very monotonous; and in terms of being fit, and a strong rider, 800 miles a month of quality work, with planned rest, will get make you faster than tons of unstructured miles just riding around.