> - Many periodization plans have a light week after 3 hard weeks... just what your body needs. <

I noticed that in the Armstrong book.

> Last week I rode 8 days straight with a 60 miler on the last day. My body sent me a big sign that enough was enough and to take a day off (i.e. falling asleep behind the wheel after a ride). I took a day off and on Sunday I was riding harder then ever. <

Ah, but that sounds much different than me. I mean, 8 straight days, ending with 60 miles and only resting one day would not lead me to riding harder the next day! IOW, I'm already resting a heck of a lot more than that. Even when I was piling on the miles, I only did 4 days max.