Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
I genuinely don't know how guys do +15k miles a year. That's 41 miles every single calendar day-- typically, I can ride about 250 days a year. The idea of a metric century every single ride day is not an idea that appeals to me, at all. I'm still somehow on pace for this year after missing a week to a broken frame and 7 weeks with a broken hand.
I met a guy several months ago who's on schedule to finish 100 standard century rides this year.
AFAIK, he's retired but still young enough to enjoy pursuing that kind of mileage. And he still holds several KOMs and top tens set a few years ago when he focused on speed rather than distance.