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Yes, and you're probably the sort of rider who's still in the group at the top of the last hill before home!
To answer some other points:
Whatever I say I only ever claim to be my opinion; it's up to readers to decide whether it has any validity. I never claim to be scientific, modern, or quoting from some holy writ.
I certainly did not intend to imply that early season fixed wheel runs were the be all and end all of training, nor that they were a panacea. I enjoyed them, and that enjoyment has helped in sustaining my interest in the sport over many years, even though I can't claim they resulted in brilliant palmares for my own career. Some others seem at least not to have been harmed by the practice - I refer you to the back of the CTT handbook, the 'past champions' section. Look at the team winners for the longer distances. Of course our successes were mainly in the 70's and the 90's and maybe the system will never work again in the 'modern' era.
I think we've wandered too far from the original question at the top of this thread, and I'm about to go off on holiday - so I don't intend to post here again.
When I come back in September I intend to start serious training for next January's training runs.