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I was feeling more and more run-down over the last couple weeks, and I figured I was either over-training or under-eating. Probably a bit of both.

So I've toned down the exercise to just my daily commute (about 1 1/2 hours of fairly high intensity cycling) and will run at night maybe once or twice a week depending on how I feel. I'll still have a hard training day on Sunday.

I also tried eating a high carb item just before my commute and I destroyed my previous record for my return commute last night and my ride in this morning.

Previous best time commuting in (10.2 miles) - 42:33
This morning's commuting time - 40:14

Previous best time commuting back (same distance but slightly more uphill) - 48:32
Yesterday evening's commute time - 43:30

My goal is to get both of these times into the mid-30s.

But those huge improvements (considering I've been done this same route 37 times and always push myself to beat my best time, suddenly shaving several minutes is huge), I have to admit my nutrition was the main factor.

So I'm eating a bit more, but my weight is holding steady. However, my weight was holding steady for almost a week before I started eating more, so I'm going to keep at this level of exercise with the increase in calories and see what happens.

I do seem to do best with a few weeks of extreme diet and exercise, then a week or two off, then back on. Ideally I'd like to find a middle ground though.