awesome advice all! This is exactly what I've been thinking. People have been telling me that I need to think about some time off but I just don't feel as though I should. CFB's quote of Carmicheal seems to be in line which logic. esp the "don't skip hard efforts....you've worked hard to gain that effort and it will take weeks/month to gain it back." Just seems so logical to me...
come October I will transition into a longer base period with LOTS of riding before building in dec/jan/feb/march