Re-focus

Well active recovery didn't do the trick, I went to some races and was just getting it handed to me. I was struggling to finish a race let alone be anywhere near the front!
It's not the first time I have been in this situation and I do try to learn from my experiences, the same thing happened a year ago and I tried to just ride myself out of it...I slowly improved but was still just miles from any sort of form and just wasted the 2nd half of the season.
So, do something different, I need a good rest...a proper rest, 2 weeks off and 6 weeks without a race, but by that time i would only have 2 weeks left in spain before the visa runs out, so it seemed obvious to get home asap. which is where im at now, Iv'e just had my 2 weeks off so now its time to try and get fast again for the end of the season here in NZ and possibly some races in Aus.
Next up will be the Taupo-Napier in mid september then plenty of races up until the focus race, the Tour of Southland, where we have assembled most of our winning team from the Tour of Wellington.
I have some mixed feelings about leaving Euro land early, but i know this is the only way to get anything out of the rest of the year. So I hope to be bringing some reports of some good results again soon!!
Thanks for reading.
Mike.