Local Crit Training

The last couple of weeks I've been doing some hard rides. I've been experimenting with my training to see what actually works. All my rides have been on a watts/kg style. "Pain is weakness leaving the body" type thing. I felt a lot of pain leave my body this last tuesday at the local crit. I have been riding about 2hrs to the crit and then racing. This time it hit me hard. I wanted to animate the race and get the break going. So I must have launched as many as 2 attacks! Ha! it was actually more. A break was established and it was when I was countered that it went. I finally covered another move and 2 of us made the jump. Edgar Ibarra was riding like a beast. He was just drilling it and my legs were tearing from the hip socket. With 5 laps to go I told Edgar, man take it easy! I'm on survival mode. (it was actually in spanish but I'm translating for you) Out of the 7 guys in the break only 2 were not working. I should have been one of them but I wanted to go to that place! That place everyone hears about but only a few get to go. I thought I was there but with 1 lap to go, Edgar again attack at the start/finish line and he hit the break hard. I mean so hard he gapped everyone and we were going 28mph! I ofcourse basically did everything but throw him the finger. He dropped me so hard it felt like I was going the opposite way. Story ends with Edgar taking 3rd letting Bret win and me limping with one of my legs over my shoulder in last from the break in 7th. After the race he said, man I was trying to set you up for the counter. I said, I'm out here for the workout. Well a Hell-O-Workout I got. I got home and cried for the next two days.