Quote Originally Posted by li10up View Post
Why isn't wanting to be able to keep up on group rides a specific enough goal?
Because it's completely subjective - how fast are the "others" going from one day to the next? How do you feel v. how they feel on a particular day? V's original idea of working on certain things at different points in one of your usual rides - similar to what I suggested (trying to improve your time on a specific ride you do) - will help you. I find that in order to make myself follow an actual training program I need a real goal: a certain ride or race or whatever. It seems that you may lack motivation more than suggestions for training ideas.