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I think you misunderstood - I’m all for racing CX, just not ‘a summer of strength training’ which in the past I’ve done, and as I alluded to it does make a difference but not enough - unless genetics - to make the pain worth the gain in terms of improvement in races.
TL;dr if you aren’t top 20ing with unstructured training you ain’t going to top 10 with it. So might as well just enjoy the biek.
(Also medium duration high intensity MTB stuff is pretty great training for CX, lots of sprinting, bike control and the bonus is it’s enjoyable)