Originally Posted by ChrisCarmichael

……For a training program to work on fewer than 8 hours a week, you pretty much have to focus entirely on intensity. Make no mistake: The workouts the in this program are hard. Very hard. You will be performing some efforts just below your lactate threshold power output and some right at it,…

Placing your family and career ahead of your cycling goals is a wise choice for pretty much anyone who has either a real career or a family, and pretty much the only choice if you have both...

Originally Posted by Jimfrom Boston

… training routine for myself [combines]awell-established Ten Week Century Training Schedule of daily mileage goals witha personalized intensity scale based on ”Relative Perceived Exertion(RPE).”My basic premise was that I wanted to get significantly fit,within a busy work/family time-crunched life, but not suffer so much that I would abandon the program.

… my resting heart rate is 48 bpm, sometimes lower.