Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
btw a while ago I posted something on how you know you can sprint, meaning in a physiological way. I've never seen a rider turn into a sprinter (from a time trialer or climber type). I've seen sprinters slow down, that's for sure, but I haven't seen a rider suddenly turn into a sprinting monster. Sprinters have that jump from the get go, with no specific training, and they have it even if they haven't been training for a while.
this seems to be happening to me. I can hold a sprint longer, but i cannot generate the Ws I used to nor can I respond to attacks like I could even just a few years ago. it's actually pretty frustrating.