Thank you for the encouraging words. I keep going back to last year and seeing what I was doing. There was literally no structure. Just riding. I didn’t do jack for a base. And by mid April I was in the selection for a really tough hilly road race on the last climb before the finish. This year I was off the back on the climb first lap! Maybe my head isn’t in it. But, it’s kind of depressing. And I’ve been doing sustained power. Which I just finished and I’m doing a modified short power build before crit.
So, we’ll see what happens. Early season is ‘training races’ for me, but I still want to do somewhat well. And by that I mean not dropped with four laps to go in a crit that matches up with my power profile.
I’m going to stick with TR. Maybe put the chain ring in the small ring instead for a few workouts and see how that feels. I have a crit this weekend on a course I have done very well in the past. So, we’ll see how I stack up