Training Schedules??

[Geonz]

I think if you're naturally drawn to distance (like me) you do n't need a formal strict plan - do like they said, and go long every once in a while and make it a little longer than the time before. There's nothing htat says it has to be on the same day of the week, either. You should probably work in backing off periodically - I've always found on my 'no plan" plan that life enforces that for me, so for instance, this weekend I'm driving to my sister's and will probably end up two (maybe three) full days without riding, and only short rides the days I'm driving out and back. Those little taper-offs are great because right after the rest I'm stronger than in the middle of all the work, so I can really feel the progress. (It was one of those three day weekends that catapulted me from a 50-mile-a-week person to a 100+-mile a week person all at once, but I'm not sure that works for everybody or if there were other unknowns involved.)
More tmie in the saddle is what worked for me - it meant I got used to the saddle and didn't get sore, and I worked in intervals (charge up all overpasses!). I'm impressed by anybody who has the attention span to push hard the whole time :-)