A lot of green time and still some recovery. Great work!
How do your on/off times look like?
Thanks. No off time really, I just rode as much as I could recover from (and sometimes a tick more).
Now trying to maintain it while building up my HI.
I’m in my offseason downward trend and it’s really going to drop the next couple weeks with a non-cycling vacation coming up. Peaked in the `130’s prior to both Unbound and Leadville with race-day CTLs ~110. Under 100 now and falling quick. I’ve got a couple fun events on the calendar for Oct/Nov, but don’t expect I’ll see 100+ again until 2025.
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But who is doing this to people?!
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It ain’t getting any better….
Not mention above has been a sciatica issue…was just a annoying niggle for about 6 weeks, but really flared up post-kidney stone (and the CT scan form that revealed degenerative disc issues at L5 / S1 
). Following my kidney stone procedure, I rode twice and it was painful to ride…made an appt with a spine doc, started PT and then went to China for 4 days.
All of which is to say my CTL has plummeted from ~100 at the beginning of August to 47 today.
Got out on the bike today and felt better than I expected, so time to start slowly building back up. 
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Been there and worse, like down to 25 or so. Look at the bright side, few moths can bring you back. And for a while you have lot of extra time to spend on other things, as you start out with relatively low volume.
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Total bummer. Glad you felt better than expected though.
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It’s been a helluva month…first time I think I have ever really felt my age.
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I’m so jealous. Wish I had that kind of time.
Look at that consistency!
This is such a great post. Very wise advice. Thank you.
My goal is 0 Ctl right now
How are you guys stacking load?
3 progressive weeks + 1 rest week? Or only 2:1?
What’s the weekly ramp rate?
What’s the relative load of the rest week?
I go for 3:1 and rest ratio of around 0.6
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Built up to 98 before my A event… which pushed me to 102 but recovering now. Would have been nice to build up a bit more, but I had rest week / vacation / taper that led to a plateau. Still, highest I’ve ever been and that CTL really makes a difference in longer events. Ski season approaches so a big decline on the way, but hoping to hit new highs next season.
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