Originally Posted by GuitarWizard
Holy crap. As you mentioned elsewhere in your post, easing up for a week or so would be a good idea. Training includes rest, and you won't get faster without it.
Time to start intervals in the next week or two.
Actually, I did ease up for a couple weeks. Still rode about 50 miles, but only did three rides and stayed off extra hills. Then we've had a lot of rain here lately so I was again back to 3 days, one of which was only about 25 miles. But it may be that I should also reduce the normal distance for awhile.