I’ve been using the forecast feature for 2 - 3 months now and have been enjoying it a lot. Lately, like this week, it is scheduling 10 - 12 hours worth of rides even though I specified 8 hours maximum per week. While I would love to do 2 hour rides every day, life intervenes, and I am lucky to have time to do 8 on a good week.
Is there a solution?
Retire. I can recommend that.
The optimizer will try to achieve the training load(s) needed to achieve the overall program goals (Event or Power Goal).
One option would be to increase the ‘Program Difficulty’ setting & re-forecast the program, which will make your high-intensity trainings shorter (& more difficult), but might help decrease the number of hours needed to achieve your goal.
Another option would be to just leave the program for now and aim to achieve the XSS in the time that you do have available. It might require you to ride a bit harder overall, but you might find that doesn’t make a material difference for you.
Other than that, you could also try decreasing the goal (or increasing the event readiness, if training for an event) to fit in the time you have available.