Hi everyone:
I've just gotten back into riding within the last few weeks. I'm not a roady, though I train exclusively on the roads. It appears that I have a high VO2Max relative to my threshold. However, within the past two weeks it has gone up noticably, as I remember specific climbs where I was in pain much earlier. Still, sometimes I reach my threshold and I could more or less breathe through my nose. Other times I hit my sweetspot, and I'm flying up a hill with minimal L build up. It seems as if my body picks and chooses when to kill me. I'll be fine on the biggest climb, but on lesser ones, I'm in severe pain, just minutes apart from each other (not fatigued from first climb). Other than that, I think I have good recovery, so I'm happy there.
I know that you can increase your LT, but I'm just [censored] I've been dished such shotty genetics. I really want to be fast. I'm looking to move up to sport xc mtb as I've done very well in beginner. I want to try to do moderately well in expert in about 2-3 years, if I'm capable. May be very ambitous, however. At what %VO2 are fast/semi-pro riders hitting their LT? And how far can pure guts get you?
Has anyone else experienced the same frustrations?
Thanks!