Originally Posted by
Carbonfiberboy
When one can do a century, that's maybe the time to think about trying to ride a little faster.
A person's CTL or what they can handle for TSS in a day is not a direct correlation with how strong they are on the bike.
While you seem to understand the concept of ramping volume over time, you also need to at some point introduce intensity. And that time is not once you "can do a century". That's a measuring stick of a starting point that is unitless, useless.
A more realistic starting point for "getting faster" is simply being able to ride a time duration of a meaningful workout with enough intensity to cause adaptation. So, warmup plus cooldown a few beginner sets of work and rest..........that's only 45min or so.
So if someone can ride for an hour without stopping. You're probably good to go.