RX, I had a feeling that I should have been doing longer rides for a week or two after the peak died, but he had me do a 'recovery week' which was 1 week of lower volume but the same intensity which seems normal.

At the same time, I was traveling around that time and got a little sick (possibly) 2 weeks after that time. I'm not sure if I was sick or just so over worked that I couldn't do my workouts. I had a little fever, but no cough or cold or anything. Weird.

As for Gary, I totally agree with what you're saying. Just from the couple of months I've done this now, I can see what's starting to work with my body and what's not.

Also, a few of the guys on the 1/2 squad of my team have taken a little interest in me. I think I want to ride with and learn from them as much as possible over the next few weeks. It'd be too hard to co-ordinate that with a coach, so I think I'm going to see how it goes without it.