Alpine Classic over. What's the plan from here?
We'll I've backed off the cycling a little. Only did 5 rides last week and punched out a muscular 95 Km. Part of that is just taking a bit of a break post AC, part of that was the fact I was riding my single speed waiting to reassemble my Emonda post travel (now completed), and part of that was down to the weather in Townsville - it's rained for 6 days in a row to start February, and it's still been bloody hot - the humidity has been sickening. Might be a lot of Zwifting in the short term.
In terms of my riding moving forward, I'm going to ride harder when I'm out. Maybe ride 4 or 5 days a week rather than 6 or 7, but make the riders more purposeful. More hills, a higher average speed, (and when the weather allows me) longer rides. I think there were a few too many gentle coffee rolls: 20 Km, no real vertical, and a fairly serene pace. I think this sort of ride is a good recovery roll after a hard session, but I don't think the ratio of recovery rolls and hard sessions was right.
I think that'll help regardless whether I'm targeting Tour of the North 23 or AC 24
