Basically every fall that I can remember, starting in late August to early September, I see a serious decline in performance. It's like my legs just can't turn over. Run pace goes down, I can't push normal power on the bike and my swim speed declines as well. On the bike, for example, it's like my FTP declines by 20-30 watts for several months before starting to feel fine as we get deeper into winter and it doesn't seem to matter if I've trained a lot or a little over the spring/summer. This predictable decline is the primary reason why I've stopped racing cyclocross. The loss in performance is downright depressing.
Does anyone know what could possibly be causing this? I've been to the doctor a few times in the past for this and they're clueless. I also just took one of those genetic allergy tests to see if there's something weird that I'm allergic to, but I don't have any allergies that I'm aware of.
Does anyone know what could possibly be causing this? I've been to the doctor a few times in the past for this and they're clueless. I also just took one of those genetic allergy tests to see if there's something weird that I'm allergic to, but I don't have any allergies that I'm aware of.