devashish_paul wrote:
Sean H wrote:
Both. If it weren't for wanting to compete with the best I probably wouldn't work as hard though. It's pretty easy to continue to beat your previous best with just consistency.I'll need Mark Lemmon, Manofthewoods, and Slowman and Fleck to help me, but no amount of consistency helps the old guys compete with their former selves. The ghost of one's past performance can often be the motivation killer for the "experienced athlete". Finding/creating new challenges be it head to head racing or self generated are key when performance declines and eventually it must so training and racing lifestyle takes on a new meaning.
Well, if you're at that point then you've probably already been at the pointy end of the sport. And there you're most definitely competing against others.
For folks like myself who find this sport later in life (especially without a background in either of the three disciplines), the perspective is quite different.