Originally Posted by
sced
Since you're not really competing with anyone but yourself, what point is there in just buying a faster time as opposed to actually doing better because you were physically and mentally better prepared?
These arguments by ordinary people for buying equipment in order to save a few seconds or even, for God's sake, a whole minute on some personal best or inconsequential race are inherently vacuous.
You obviously don't compete and that's fine but it shouldn't be that hard to understand that for many people competition is enjoyable and part of the game is doing better relative to your peers.