Originally Posted by
wolfchild
Structured training is only for people who participate in races and other competitive events...The average recreational cyclists has no need to follow regimented structured training programs.
There is no requirement that you have to be a racer to engage in structured training. It’s available to any rider who would like to get fitter and faster, benefits from structure, enjoys the data analytics, or who has limited ride time.
Like I have said earlier in the thread, I won’t try to convince anyone to do structured training who thinks it would make them miserable, or if it’s medically unwise for them. But I do push back at the idea that it’s necessarily a chore for every rider, or that you have to be a certain kind of rider to benefit from it.