Yes. It is a two-step process: Fuel up, utilize. Everything else is ancillary: Recover, repeat as necessary.
Since beginning to increase cycling mileage, in aggregation with my running miles, my fuel tank has been seemingly on "Low". I don't mean that I don't have energy for my workouts, but I really am beginning to question the efficiency of my engine.
He should have made me with a regulated ratio of miles to gallon, or miles to gram. Maybe Lance is right, by weighing his food. We measure how many gallons of gasoline we put into our vehicles, why not measure how many calories we put into OUR engine? Simply put, my fuel demands are exorbitant. At times, its utterly comical.
At the same time, it has become fascinating, to witness how the human body works, and what it is capable of when fueled properly. I am High Octane.