Originally Posted by bgoetz .
[FONT= 'Arial']Not sure what is happening with my training, but I feel like I need to reevaluate what I am doing and maybe make some changes. My legs have felt dead lately and looking back at my training I am really not to sure why. Knowing how I was feeling I took yesterday off and then had a club race today. Warming up for the race I felt good and expected a good result, but once the race started it was pure hell. Lactic acid hit my legs like a ton of bricks, when the group split mid race I found myself on the losing end of the deal. I made a hard effort to bridge up and my calf completely tied up. I am just really disappointed, with how the last week or so has gone, this is by far my worst race of the year to this point. [/FONT]
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[FONT= 'Arial']I have made a few changes in race preparation and my diet, in that I have not been taking that nearly as seriously since my next Cat race is not until mid-May. I have been drinking beer at least once a week and really have not focused on what I eat leading up to the race nearly as much, in fact last night I had a meaty, salty, Chicago style pizza and lots of it, so that could have something to do with it. Plus the last time I did any really hard sustained efforts was a week ago during our last club race, which could also have something to do with it.[/FONT]
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[FONT= 'Arial']I am going to be putting in some long miles this weekend, a good portion of which will be solo, which sometimes is good as it gives me some time to myself. I think after this week I am going go get back to something more structured, as the majority of my training has been riding with friends, with no real focus on anything in particular. Overall I have been spending 12-15hrs a week in the sadle, including races, I don't think it is to much.... [/FONT]