Originally Posted by
topflightpro
I used to have a theory that guys got faster after they had kids. This was based solely on observations of several friends who had kids then suddenly raced a lot faster. In several cases, it was their second kid. Of course, in all those cases, they only had one newborn to deal with.
But I'm sure it will all settle down for you soon.
I don't have kids myself, but I would venture to say that you're probably right, but not because of lack of sleep. The limited amount of time they have to train simple becomes hyper focused and they leave behind a lot of others who are doing fast group rides and long endurance rides but including a lot of garbage miles in the process.
Or so I've read on the internet.