Worked:
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I finally broke into the top 5-10 in my events (6-12hr MTB), just missing podiums in a 6hr and coming 9th Vet in a National 12hr
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Long periods of Z2 & Z3 with some short sharp build prior to taper seems to work for me and enable the above. It was good to repeat 2019’s discovery in that regard and use it for competitive success.
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Lots of low cadence work improved my climbing endurance.
Didn’t Work:
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At the end of my season when all the important races happened, I started to quickly gain weight, which continued rapidly during my October off-season. For some reason, I’m now finding it harder to lose the weight despite the same diet & base training regime.
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My FTP dropped 5%