So my prep is in the bag

 A quick 30 minutes on Zwift this morning. So my prep for the Alpine Classic is done.

5000 Km in the last 8 months. Solid.

I also like how I've build into more climbing. A nice progression over the last 5 months. Check out the screen grab off vertical gain month by month off Strava

I guess the thing being Saturday's ride involves as many meters of vertical as the whole of January. And the longest ride I've ever done, by 60 Km. 

Annoyingly Townsville is too damn hot, too damn humid and too damn flat to replicate a ride like the Alpine Classic. A 200 Km ride with 4000 m of vertical is a ticket to the hospital over summer up here. Training Peaks published a good article on the challenges of a humid environment when it comes to training. At least it won't be humid in Bright even if the weather is hot.