Good rule of thumb.. A day easy for every day off / day you were sick.
Got my gravel bike from the shop this week. Pretty complicated build so I'm happy they got it back to me. Rode her Thursday night and what a treat it is to be back on dirt after my mtb broke last week (blown seals in the rear). Friday it rained and I was lazy.. needed a day off, so just ran and climbed in the evening.
Yesterday was another non-bike related adventure. Skinned up the local ski hill and climbed a big 5 pitch trad climbing route with a buddy. Legs were sore afterwards like I had done a hard bike race. I took lead on all the "hard" climbing. Couple some good mental exhaustion with the climbing and I was out by 8pm last night. Pic from the top of the first pitch. About 55m of sustained edgy goodness. You can see my skis way down there.
