Just finished my A event. 170km at 25kph with 2000m of climbing. Great day out, longest ride I’ve ever done and wraps up three months of hard training with a big focus on TTE 
Taking a couple of days off then got a holiday coming up a week later so that’s really it for the season.
Is it back to base training after I get back? How is everyone approaching off season training?
Base training if you must have structure, and then just have fun on the bike. Go for rides you WANT to go on, long short, whatever. Stop often, take pictures, eat gas station food, try something different.
Even the pros that are paid to ride, take time off, have fun and remember why they love riding.
The A event is dead! … Long live the A event!
Book in your next one.
Everyone is different; for some of use a few weeks off can lead to months in the wilderness, so I have often booked in a new training plan to start two weeks after the A event. Something to keep my training going.
As I tend to focus on long course triathlon, I would look for something different, a B event at the end of October and maybe something different again for December to give a target while also giving me time to plan the A for 2025.
Just one word. Cross Series!
Joe
Two word 
and I don’t like running 
Congrats on finishing that event!
First, time off after a full training cycle is important. 1-2 weeks off the bike to rest up physically and mentally will help you refresh before getting back at it for the next training cycle.
How you approach your coming training depends on when your next A event is. A full training cycle from Base to Specialty takes about 28 weeks/~6 months, so we generally advise counting back from your next A event to get an idea of when you should start your next training cycle.
If you have more than 6 months before your next event, we’d still recommend taking an end-of-season break, but then you’d have some extra flexibility with how you’d like to train/ride. Extra Base is seldom a bad option. You could also try to focus on what you think might be a “limiter” for a block or two to try to improve that area of your fitness. You could even do some unstructured riding if you’d like a break from specific intervals.
The following articles have some more tips on how you might approach your training during this time:
No matter the approach you choose, however, we’d recommend taking another week or two off as a break between this transitional training period and the start of your next full training cycle.
Hope this helps guide your decision – feel free to let us know if you have any additional questions!
Thanks for the articles 