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Thanks for the feedback @skinny
Was well dressed (felt like i had all my cycling wardrobe on!) but i feel cold all the time anyway so i still ended up chilly. Definitely didn't eat enough, ad drank fuck all. Knew i wasn't drinking enough but you just totally stop wanting to do it when it's cold.... Not thirsty and the idea of putting a cold drink down your throat doesn't appeal!
Will continue the increased intensity and volume quest. Am seeking solace in the fact that the days are about to start lengthening and i've started to find sufferfest videos to be quite good. And doing one of them is basically xxx minutes of turning yourself inside out. Thus good intensity - i previously could only face fairly steady chugging indoors.
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The cold does sap energy. You'll need to eat more than when it's warmer. Also wrap up to keep muscles warm.
If you can increase duration, increase load as you are. But you can't just keep making every session harder as you'll burn out.
That's the issue being time crunched, you will plateau.