I chased numbers for a really long time, and it makes sense. We get into endurance sports, we learn about metrics, we learn more about metrics, we learn even more, and we correlate those to our performances. But with age and experience we soon realize that the signs our body tell us and our ACTUAL performance are what matter most. The data is great, but no platform (GC, WKO, Intervals.icu, INSCYD) is anywhere near perfect, and it only gets the RIDE data (some have sleep data and whoop, sure, but doesnt tell the whole story of life), so tapping into our communication is huge.
I love metrics, but am no longer a slave to them and my performance is better than it’s ever been! (GD can’t believe I’ll type “at age 40” also. Not used to that yet)