Drew what is your CTL now? Planned summer CTL? is CTL a bit less important now? I suspect you are running it 20% lower and way stronger.
I’m finding the short workouts In the Labs have been effective at making me very fast and strong without long drawn out rides. I’ll be able to feel a lot fresher for the times during the week when you really have to lay it all out.
I also find my Sunday team ride is Ok but it makes you great at riding 19 mph for 3-4 hours and makes you so tired you suck on Tuesday nights Crit or the short intense workout you really want to do well at.
if I ride a two hour ride with a couple Hill sprints on Sunday, I head into Tuesday nights training crit and lay down record-breaking numbers. This particular training Race is a one hour all out event
My point with my local team has always been a long hard ride or ride which is never really that fast, makes you good at going not really that fast. I always encourage us to ride with really hard efforts in fun critical spots like a climb or a section of road with a pacwline and sprint. Then recover in between. Go dam fast or sit up and recover.
That’s what I prefer.