Originally Posted by Debusama

Of the things described, the big thing that I'm not already doing is the low intensity training. I tend to feel like I'm wasting my time if I'm not completely spent at the end of the ride. Although I do rest a few days before a big race, I wonder if I might be over-training a little bit. I have the weekly Tuesday night race, and a group ride I do every week that gets kind of competitive. Between those two, I'm sure that is probably all the practice I need at turning myself inside-out. I definitely do have a tenancy to push myself hard in training rides if I'm not trying to beat someone to the top of hills, I'm trying to beat my best time on that rout. I may very well need to dial it back in my training, particularly in my solo rides.