any Cx riders in the house?
I'm still converting Tri TT fitness into the demands of cross and yesterday's race was telling...
I've made progress since September....starting to move up the pack...but still, my first three lap times were my fastest and basically, I had to pull back a bit just to recover. My last three laps were consistent. I avoided the overstart at the beginning but still, couldn't keep the needed pace to do real well.
So...seems to me I've got to continue to build FTP through sweet spot training (90%ish FTP 12-20 minute intervals) as well as VO2 max intervals (3 minutes max, 3 minutes off, trainer, hating life, sweating like a stuck pig...wishing I took up bowling)...and then recover like crazy come TH, FR, Openers Saturday, Race Sunday.
Any other suggestions out there?
I'm still converting Tri TT fitness into the demands of cross and yesterday's race was telling...
I've made progress since September....starting to move up the pack...but still, my first three lap times were my fastest and basically, I had to pull back a bit just to recover. My last three laps were consistent. I avoided the overstart at the beginning but still, couldn't keep the needed pace to do real well.
So...seems to me I've got to continue to build FTP through sweet spot training (90%ish FTP 12-20 minute intervals) as well as VO2 max intervals (3 minutes max, 3 minutes off, trainer, hating life, sweating like a stuck pig...wishing I took up bowling)...and then recover like crazy come TH, FR, Openers Saturday, Race Sunday.
Any other suggestions out there?