Having said that, I feel like I benefit tremendously from having a high aerobic base. I always have good lactate clearance, or performance during "over-under" efforts (breakaway etc), so a) having that redline as high as possible and b) being able to hold that sort of effort for a long time greatly benefits me.
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"Your beauty is an aeroplane;
so high, my heart cannot bear the strain." -A.C. Jobim, Triste