Regarding my decision…

Again, this was the same flat, distance driven, training exercise on an realaxiom trainer. I did the same course with a little bit of improvement.

                              August 6, 2014        August 4, 2014        July 28, 2014
Duration:                15: 04 min              15: 04 min              32: 59 min
Distance:                6.818 km                6.429 km                11.5 km
Average Power:      142                        133                         103
Average speed        27.1 kph                25.6 kph                 20.9 kph
Avg. heart rate:       115 bpm                115 bpm                 115 bpm
Performance:          1.23                       1.16                        0.9
Elevation gain:         0                           0                             0
Difficulty:               80%                       80%                        60%
Completion:            59%                       56%                       100%

So I guess I'll be doing this whenever I feel like it.