Quote Originally Posted by velogirl View Post
but still, 20 hours a week? are you a pro? I've got CAT1 and CAT2 male clients who don't train 20 hours a week. that's an awful lot of saddle time.
I'll agree, that is a lot of time. It can be hard, because I like long rides, but my coach gives me few of them. Because our races are generally shorter, its felt its best to train to those distances. This year I'll be doing some longer training rides, as now in the 3's the race distances will be averaging 50-60 miles rather than 25-35 for the 4's, but still I'm certainly not putting in 20 hour weeks, especially not now. I've got about 8 hours/week, with some of that being core work right now, it will climb some as race season approaches, but not up 20 hours.