Two Wheel Blogs

Is there suddenly a whole lot of over training going on? I've noticed a lot of cyclists lately are asking the question "Am I over trained?" You've probably noticed it too. The topic of overtraining seems to be getting lots of attention. But why now? It's the end of the season here on upper-earth. Shouldn't over training be the farthest thing from our minds? Sure, our friends down under are just in the thick of it. Maybe all those stories and queries are coming from south of the equator. Somehow I don't think so.

I think we're seeing a lot of cyclists hammering themselves into the ground trying to raise their CTL levels. It's been about a month and a half since the Performance Manager was introduced to the world. I imagine more than a few upgraded WKO+ and were shocked when they got their first look at CTL. We all read the same forum posts. We're all competitive creatures. I can't help but believe more than a few immediately set about raising CTL. I know from personal experience it takes about a month to 45 days of flogging to get that overtrained feeling.