Originally Posted by CrossChain

WTF....who but you retired and/or leisurely-wealthy dudes has the available time for "hours and hours" except on weekends. If I didn't intersperse long moderates with short quicks, I wouldn't get in much training at all. Not-riding is the hardest way of all to burn calories and the easiest to not-lose weight. Some of us have to be creative about getting regular miles and have to shape training accordingly. Coach Troy, lovable tyrant that he is, saves my short day, wintery butt with high VO2 training on weekdays when evening darkness shuts me down.

The ideal training program seldom meets the real daily schedule for some of us.