Running vs. Cycling

David_Lawton said:

When I was on the cross-country running team in my 9th and 10th grade, training was intense; 2-3 hours of running every day, and weekends usually off. I'm 19 now and started cycling recently and surprised by easy the training is. I have called how to get wheely fit by Oliver Roberts and in the second month of training it says to do 45 min endurance and it gradually builds up to 60 minutes. The next month there are short interval work outs. The author stresses to take every other day off. To me this seems to impractical and non-progressive. Do you guys have a take on this?

That book sounds like it is for an absolute beginner. You should read books like 'the cyclists training bible,' 'ultimate ride,' or 'performance cycling.'

I only take one day per week off of the bike except on rest weeks where I take 2-4 days off of the bike.

You can most likely handle 10-15 hours of training per week. However, you should get a coach or read some of the books I mentioned. Those books are for the self coached athlete.

I do have the training bible. I'm in part 1 and so far it's talking about the physiological factors involved. What do you are the main factors in training that I should focus on, in regards to setting the intensity?