I'm a newbie but weak cat 2 trying to hold my form for a 5 day stage race which is coming up btween July 1st and 5th. My training diet for the last two months has been consists of 8-13 hours per week (three 60 min threshold efforts, which can often be crits); 4 hours of I guess mainly zone 2 riding to and fro from those events and 3-5 hours at the weekends. Which maybe tempo and a crit.
Ok enough of the ramble, This week I've had two days complete rest and went from a 60 min threshold on tues followed by a crit yesterday where I seem to really fatigue and had to drop out. I probably know the answer but how much do I cut back so I don't loose fitness for the stage race. Undfortunately I ride on feel so no Power data unfortunately