The training materials for the ride involve a progressive building of endurance - - the idea is not to train as hard as possible all the time, but rather to build endurance slowly. Ideally, it involves 5 workouts a week (varying from from an hour to 2 1/2 hours).
I know from experience, though, that to lose the weight and climb hills faster, I also need to do a lot of strength training. So basically, I need to MAKE time to work out - - nothing new, right? ; )
I can't imagine what's involved in training to race cars. I'm sure it's pretty serious stuff! (I don't have the guts to do that, though once I did descend a hill on my bike at 49 mph. I didn't know how fast I was going until after I was down the hill - - I checked the max speed on my cycling computer - - if I had known that at the time, I probably would've panicked a little!)
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