Originally Posted by
69chevy
Both. My time to ride is limited, so I join groups who average speeds that put me on the rev limiter. I blow myself up pulling, and recover on the rear. The time I need to recover is getting noticeably shorter.
While your program is not traditionally structured you've actually adopted a polarized training plan which has been shown to be effective. The slight difference you're recovery days don't involve riding but the important thing is by limiting your training time you've got plenty of recovery built-in. That will work well for a while until you want to ride competitively against others who are training 15+ hrs/wk.