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Old 06-04-14 | 10:40 AM
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JMI, great report and racing. I have an observation but certainly not to be taken as a criticism. I only critique myself.

The fact that you can do that much racing may indicate that you have too much endurance. I see that a lot at Hellyer where roadies come to the track and they can race forever. At training sessions they are always on the track riding around. The trackies sit around more but when they are on the track, they just kill it. The better I get at the track, the worse my FTP gets not that it was ever great. However, in the words of a racing friend who is a 5 time world sprint champion, endurance is a speed killer.

Even among track events, as my pursuit gets better, I give up some of the ballistic capability I need for the 500. And if I train very hard at the track, I carry a lot of fatigue and need more rest leaving less time for riding.

The takeaway is everything is a tradeoff and even the most gifted athletes will lose without specification when they run into other gifted athletes that focus. YMMV.
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