I haven't been in the cycling game long enough to have any real say, however from all the other sports I participate in, I think there may be a limit for each person's abilities.

For example, some people I know started rock climbing and after a few months, were climbing at very high levels. They seemed to progress quickly, gaining the technique and strength needed to climb harder and harder. Others, on the other hand, worked and trained for several months, and progressed but much more slowly.

Some others (me) had to completely change their lifestyle, start working out, and work for months and months and months just to progress a tiny bit. It's not easy for me, and I still don't climb any sort of level close to what some people reach in the first few months.

I think it's the same as biking. I know some people who started biking and a year later are racing.

I think you can put a lot of training into it, but sometimes our bodies just weren't made for a certain sport, and while intensive training may help to remedy it to some level, we won't all be able to become professional cyclists.

However that doesn't mean we won't be able to continue to improve in our own little ways.

K.