DocMatt

Ok I have been riding for about 3 weeks now. I was wondering what I should focus on for training. I have been riding 20-30 miles around 17-18mph pace 5 days a week with the 6th day being a 10 mile TT that last saturday I averaged 21.1 mph. Today I rode 47.59 miles in 2:46.41 avg speed 17.1mph. My farthest ride until today was 30-32 miles. I did a paceline ride last night with the group and we averaged 15-17 mph, then me and another guy went and rode 12 more because I wanted to get 30 miles in for the day. We went quite a bit faster and there were hills, probably 18-19 mph. My goals are to race and try and make Cat 2. I have yet to actually race but I really really want to. Cat 5 or any races for that matter are few and far in between around here. I have to drive at least 2.5-3 hours to get in a race. But hopefully I will be soon. My plan is to work on riding with people and to work on my endurance first and speed secondary. Any suggestions would be very appreciated. Thanks

Enthalpic

You already have plenty of endurance, work speed. Start with longer intervals like 2x20min then make them harder and shorter overtime.

approx. eg 2x20min --> 3x5min --> 5x3min --> 12x1min

https://www.fascatcoaching.com/intervaltypes.html

Get a coach if you want to go as far as cat2.