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"One of the other things they talk about is pre-event prep and how some athletes simply stop using HRV in the weeks running up to the event and train on feel to remove the distration/distortion. Fwiw, if you feel good and your body is responding normally, I'd just listen to it and how it feels relative to what's happening with your training and more generally in your life"
This is important. If you have made a decision to race you should block out all external noise in the lead up. Unless you become injured or ill then you simply race and analyse the performance afterwards. I cant remember where i read it but Dave Moorcroft was using a technique for analysing his readiness for hard training sessions. He was away racing and wasnt able to perform the tests as he had planned. He shattered the world 5000m record a day or two later. Thats not to say its not useful but I would ignore any distractions in the run up to an event.
Training Peaks talking about HRV at the moment.....
https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/how-to-interpret-hrv-training/