Originally Posted by
burnthesheep
I think it's just the skewing of the whole time and intensity inverse relationship.
A hobbyist racer like myself has plenty of time to recover and have pretty much all the intensity per week you can. Because you have almost infinite time off the bike to recover compared to the pro.
I disagree. People that aren't pros don't have time to recover, which is yet another reason why they can't handle the training load.You simply can't recover the same way (all talent aside) when you're working all day and coming home to kids/wife/pets/house chores/etc., etc. I managed a staggering 38 hours of training in 4 weeks (!!) last month and it did me in enough to have to take a 5 hour recovery week last week, which still left me tired.