This is probably me "over-thinking" again This is how I am though, so please bear with me I appreciate everyone's thoughts and experience.

My odometer is close to 130 or so, and I have events scheduled in June (Tour de Cure and the local NITE ride). I also want to start participating in the local club sponsored Sunday afternoon dinner rides that begin in May. Oh yes, in April I am taking a week's vacation that will be dedicated to day trips to go ride on a series of rail trails/country roads in Indiana and Ohio.

The dinner rides that start in May sound like they will average around 20-30 miles, they expect an average speed of 12-14 mph. I think my current average speed is just below 11 mph though I know that my speeds have reached up to 17 mph (flats, not downhill).

I am going to talk with my trainer on this later this week - but is it better at this point to focus on the amount of TIME on my bike, or the number of miles? I am inclined to focus on the time rather than actual mileage, figuring the amount of time on my bike will up the miles in time.

Am curious to hear what other think on this. I am thinking on increasing my riding time about 15 minutes/ride a week (I am trying to ride 3-4 days a week). Right now I am focusing on using all of my gears - trying to make shifting "second nature". The large park I am currently riding in has it all, flats, a monster hill, curves, lots of different roads to ride on.

I know of only one way to get better, and that is to ride, ride, and ride some more - and I am having a blast!