Microwave Nation

I want instant gratification and I want it NOW! This is now the motto of our nation. Especially in the cities were the blackberries rule because e-ail and phone calls just aren't fast enough.  To focus on or specific sport, it has invaded the cycling world with books on how to be hyper competitive in a race while training only 6 to 10 hours a week. This is so foreign to an organic style of training that just the thought of this 'frenzy' style race prep is looked upon by the established cycling world as an American phenomenon. Because it is squarely opposed to base building before intense training.
I almost fell victim to this way of thinking. I thought if I followed the method that by mid-may I would be riding 250 a  week especially having been such a prolific rider...30 years ago. Yep, I thought I would set my butt on a saddle and wall-ah, nine months later I would be riding high milage @ 28 to 32 miles an hour! Talk about instant gratification.
So with this in mind and the fact work occupies 55 hours a week and I realize that this is my base building year. I will be happy to get to 150 to 200 miles a week and recover that same week by the end of 2010. That is with out losing my mind or sleep. Of course that was so easier 30 years ago and my body could get it's but kicked ever day and be ready for more the next. That was then this is now and I still have some home work to do but i'm gaining on how to get recovered by Zipvit, Hammer and Cliff. But let's get to it this year so next year can be the best yet.
If I pass you on the road stop at Peets, because your buying.