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I took the whole long weekend off just gone. That's unheard of for me, especially since I had planned my big training ride there. I didn't touch a bike. I was tired, getting sick and fed up.
Afterwards I refocused and got it done weekend just gone instead. Don't worry about it. Your income doesn't depend on being in peak form and TCR doesn't require peak fitness anyway. It's a fast tour.I use the long rides to test stuff out, get more comfortable on the bike and off the bike and learn more about which shitty service station foods I prefer :) You don't get fitness from them you get mental strength and ultra race skills.
Your plan does not sound unreasonable. My prep was sub-par last year and I did ok.
Your goals will change daily as you find yourself running into issues or riding faster than expected anyway so unless you are planning on winning it, it's just a question of will power to get you to the finish.
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maybe I'm stressing too much about it. Just feels like everytime I start to build up a head of steam from training this year, things happen to interrupt it. Been sick a few times earlier in the year, then work, then family stuff and each time I come back after that it just feels like a lot of the previous work has been wasted.
Looking ahead, I had always had vague plans to 'taper' before the TCR. So I've got a 900km ride I want to do in 3 days around the 22nd June, and after that I wasn't planning on doing much over 3/4 hour rides a few times a week - does that seem sensible?