Congrats on finishing Breck Epic.
You need more recovery now than you expect to capitalize on all that fitness built at BE and be in peak form for Sept 21. You are carrying a season full of fatigue here not only BE. Recovery from races takes longer in the fall than it did in the spring for all athletes and Breck Epic was a big one.
I recommend resting this week as planned. Really rest…with at least 4 days doing nothing but a little stretching, rehab if needed and 3 days of easy < 60 min zone 1 spins.
8/26/13 week #4 of your Category 1 Cross Country Mountain Bike Build, Peak and Race Training Plan. This is a rest and test week. If you do well on the test do the following:
9/2 – week 10
9/9 – week 11
9/16 – week 12. Race and kill it 🙂
If you do poorly on the test, you are not ready to train and will be faster on 9/21 with more rest than training. Do the following:
9/2 – week #4 rest and re-test
9/9 – week #11
9/16 – week #12. Race and kill it 🙂
Lynda