a) I can point myself at a ride I fancy doing wherever it might be and not worry too much about getting round it, and
b) a point of reference - hopefully I'm riding quicker / more efficiently / faffing less / Smashing teh KOMs more than last time I tried the same thing
c) increase calorific deficit in a structured way to allow for structured beer intake
I 'train' mainly so
a) I can point myself at a ride I fancy doing wherever it might be and not worry too much about getting round it, and
b) a point of reference - hopefully I'm riding quicker / more efficiently / faffing less / Smashing teh KOMs more than last time I tried the same thing
c) increase calorific deficit in a structured way to allow for structured beer intake