Originally Posted by Number400

You are very aerobically fit. Sounds like you are cutting the extra junk miles and are probably in that zone where you feel the need to push yourself somewhat to FEEL like you are getting a workout but in reality, you are probably a little tired of training. All that steady state does is wear you out and may change your training more towards TTs. It's not going to do you any favors for road racing and may even hurt your ability to respond to jumps. Best to rest more and make your training workouts/rides shorter and higher efforts and go for quality. You might enjoy them more and you get more out of them.

When I first got a coach, I would hop on the trainer and hammer for as long as possible (yes, to TRY to impress him and show him how hard I could work) and send him my ride data. His response was that I was in good shape but that that I needed to start going to the gym and build some muscle. Ride less, work out more and focus on the type of racing I was doing (exactly like yours). I found my races improved after focusing on my weaknesses. I was doing too much steady state and not enough intervals and sprinting. Then I set about learning how to race. This took me awhile and while barely having a base and getting under 1,000 miles a year riding time and struggling to even get a maximum of 3 hours a week and racing on crap equipment, I was always able to be there for the sprint despite racing guys who were training 10-12 hours a week and had really nice stuff. My biggest problem was not getting enough miles to have decent capacity.

Bottom line is since you have a decent amount of time to train, make it count and keep it fun. Don't fall into the steady workouts to much.