1) Eat appropriately prior to testing
Eggs, bacon, cheese and coffee do not provide your body with the proper nutrients to keep from crashing with low blood sugar
2) Take some time off before testing
1-2 days isn't a very long time after 3 weeks of the highest volume of your life. Consider testing at the end of the week
3) Watch your heart rate
Don't be surprised if you crack after 6 minutes above 195 bpm. Especially if last test you maxed out at 195.
4) Know when to pack it in
If you notice your test has been a perfect storm of failure, don't be afraid to call it quits early. You can always retest later in the week.
So all of these things just happened. The test was a 5km TT. I held my goal pace for about 13 minutes before cracking. The speed didn't feel too bad, just everything else wasn't firing today. I called it quits around 4km and plan on retrying later this week. Before quitting I was holding 3:20min/km which seemed completely reasonable. The first couple km were no problem at all. I will be shooting for that again later.
Adam "Keep that frown concave down!" Fortais
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