Self Righteous Cyclist

I love to climb and have always wanted to do the 7 Peaks Challenge  so why not add another 5 classified climbs to the list to create my own version of the 12 days of Christmas, get some solid training in over the festive season and call it the 12 climbs of Xmas. I am not going to review each climb because that's already been done by the Climbing Cyclist , who breaks down each climb and has some very solid advice on how to approach these climbs. While Omeo to Dinner Plain does not have a climb classification, the  42km of staircase like climbing with 8 category 3 or 4 climbs over 2 hours, was one of the toughest assignments of the lot. Taking on this excessive load over the course of two weeks, provided me with an ideal supercompensation training block. In the process, I accumulated a Training Stress Score (TSS) of  2,072, about 25% above my 6 week average total and produced some record power number numbers, so there's a lot to be said for going a little overboard. Superco...