Originally Posted by
Jughed
As for some of the other questions - I’m 7-9+ hours in the winter. 1 hour per night on the trainer, try to get out 3-5 hours on the weekends. Sometimes more.
So I’m right on the edge of 12+.
That is actually a pretty high volume, especially if you are in the higher zones for a significant part of it. So I'm not that surprised you are feeling it. I'm more or less in the same position as you (55), except without diabetes, and over the last couple of years I have cut my training volume down considerably. At the moment I'm doing only around 5-6 hours per week and actually feel better for it. I do ramp up the volume when training for specific endurance events, but I rarely sustain 12+ hour weeks for more than a month or so.