I am in the process of tapering for Elkhorn now, and things seem to be going pretty well. After a month of feeling progressively more worn out, I am really feeling good now. I did the race ride last night and while my lungs gave me a little bit of trouble at the beginning, I felt fine once I was warmed up.
My ability to recover from hard efforts seems to have improved a lot. I usually end up testing this out on the race rides by attacking (knowing full well I’ll only be off for less than a minute) and then trying to get back in for the rest of the sprint. Early on I usually just exploded and never managed to get back in but lately I’ve been able to stick a wheel and sit in long enough to recover.
I’m excited!
