"This might be a difference. IMO, I never do intense workouts in training. I save these for races, where yep, I pig out right when I am done."

19 minutes later...

"Yep, clearly my bike sucked last season. I guess you would not care that I had sciatica starting in Late Dec. all the way past June. So with the limited intense training I could do, I was very very happy I was able to race at all."

Well...which is it Dave?