Quote Originally Posted by li10up View Post
I just spent a couple of hours in a bookstore reading about this very thing. The main point I took away from it is this...if you currently avg. 13 mph on your rides then on your next ride warm up for a few miles and then speed up to 14-15 mph and ride that speed for a few minutes or as long as you can. Recover and repeat 4 or 5 times. Over time your overall avg. speed will increase and your "intervals" will become faster. This will work for everyone. Just throw in a couple of minutes at 1-2 mph faster than avg., recover, repeat.

I'm looking forward to trying out this less structured type of training myself.

Stick with it. You'll get faster.

Edited to add: I didn't notice how old this original post was...oh well.
Once I actually get my computer to work again, I am trying this.