At the beginning of this year, my 2016 cycling goals included:
1. Imperial century in April-- DONE
2. Increase cycle commuting from twice per week to three times per week.
3. Three day (about 150 mile) tour
4. Florida's Horrible Hundred century ride in November.
5. Complete a 200km brevet before 2017.
6. Weight loss of 35 lbs.-- Currently down about 15 from the beginning of the year. (on track) This is more of a fitness goal, but I'm adding it here.
7. Increase solo cycling speed ~ 2 mph to 17-18 mph
8. Improve cycling climbing.

OK. So it's now the middle of April, almost 1/3 into the year. I trained first for the Century, since it was planned for April by just riding longer and longer at a moderately difficult pace. I didn't try to improve speed or climbing. I just put more and more time on the saddle.

I'm scrapping the three day tour for now to spend more time with my wife (she lost her mother last year). We are also taking a long summer vacation together. I don't have the luxury of the amount of vacation time I'd like.

The items I've either completed or I think I am on track to completing include:
***Imperial Century-- DONE.
***200k-- I could probably do it now, but it's starting to get really hot here in Florida. I am deferring the 200k until it begins to cool sometime between October to the end of the year. I'd rather not do really long training rides during the hot Florida summers.
***35 lbs. weight loss-- While 15 lbs so far X 3 (thirds of the year) = 45 lbs, I realize that I'm going to start to lose more slowly now. But I think I'm on track here. I'm using Myfitnesspal.com to track my intake, and I'm eating a minimal amount of wheat products, lower carb and higher vegetable fat diet compared to my previous carb addicted diet.

The items I am concerned about or need more feedback include:
***Increase speed by ~ 2mph
***Improve climbing
***Florida's Horrible Hundred: If I am successful in improving my climbing, I think this will just be easier by November
***Increasing cycling commuting from 2 to 3 days/week. I may scrap this goal in order to improve climbing and speed. If I train harder with speed and climbing, then I may need the other days to recover-- I'm turning 51 by the end of the month.

Plan:
Monday: Cycling Commuting to work-- 11 miles each way.

Tuesday: Intervals:
Warm up for about 5 minutes
30 seconds as fast as I can cycle
3 minutes of slow recovery cycling
Repeat five times for the first two weeks
Finish the ride with a moderately paced ride for up to 15- 20 miles.
As I improve, I will add seconds to the intense cycling and decrease the recovery ride time. I'm not sure how much to increase the intense ride and decrease the recovery part of the ride.

Wednesday: No ride. Go for a 2-3 mile walk with my wife and dog.

Thursdays: Hills: Yes. I have hills in my area of Florida. No, they are not mountains, but we have hills, including causeway bridges. There is a Thursday night hills group. I'm going to try to join them after I work on the hills a few weeks myself.

Friday: No ride & no walk. My one day of complete rest.

Saturday: 40- 50 miles with the Saturday morning B group. They push me faster than my comfort zone, especially the last 10 miles, when most of the B group goes directly to the starting point. Those B+ and A riders kill me for about 4- 5 miles, then I tell them to drop me. I meet them for coffee at the bagel shop a few minutes later.

Sunday: No ride. Walk with wife and dog.

Note: For the next two months, the walking is important to me. Our vacation is in the South Utah/ Northern Arizona national parks with a number of hikes planned each day. I need to get used to walking and climbing without a bicycle.

So does this look like a good plan to increase speed and climbing ability? How would you modify this for a 51 year-old Clyde?