This is a classic symptom of being overreached. Time off is the prescription here, as much as you don’t seem to want to hear it. Your OCR and run training doesn’t translate well over to XC riding and racing; you’ve asked your body to do a lot that it’s not used to and now it’s telling you to take a break. Not a bunch of Z2 rides. My advice would be to take some time off. Several days at least, maybe up to a week or more.
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