True that I have been simply increasing distance as I am a relatively new rider. As the days get shorter, I will be adding resistance training back in. It got dropped when I broke my ribs last spring, and I just let it stay dropped for the summer.

But I don't seem to be improving, even in my distance abilities. When protein was mentioned a little light went off in my head. I don't eat near as much protein as I used to. I do get some from dairy (milk on cereal & 1-2 yogurts a day), but normally eat meat or fish only for dinner. Otherwise, I'm pretty healthy in my diet.