Hi @Rebecca ,
Thanks for the feedback. With respect to the day selection, currently Athletica race dates are exclusive to single race days and weekend races only. Adding weekday races is on our roadmap. With respect to multi-day races, similar to cyclists (who also race over multiple days in stage races), you would simply select the first day of the race in terms of a target fitness optimization date and delete any subsequent sessions thereafter - further races you would just record for the load/stress quantification.
Question 1 - we used Open Rate Recovery to mean Self-Selected stroke rate.
Question 2 - for now - yes - you can just delete the cycling sessions. Alternatively you could leverage the Workout Wizard and soon also User-Time Constraints (telling Athletica not to program any bike sessions).