Originally Posted by
echappist
for races up to 2.5 hours, felt strong, set all sort of in-race records, broke away cleanly and stayed away in races, and was able to be strong late in the race when the breakaways took place.
OT: given the year you had, (and I haven't been keeping up since late spring), sounds like you had a nice turn of luck and form. Congrats. Ingredients being what they are, looks like you and your training advisory staff did some nice work. There's no way to fake form in +3h racing, so nicely done on what you could control.