Shaun -

You've made a handful of posts here asking questions about riding and training, and gotten (so far) only one response. I find folks are a lot more likely to open up and offer suggestions if you tell us a little about yourself, such as on the "getting to know you" thread in "open topic".

Where do you live? How much do you ride? How long have you been riding? What sort of riding do you want to do (you mention racing, but what's your experience here - have you raced before? How'd you do?)
Those sorts of answers will allow us to respond more intelligently to your questions.