Let me give you a reality check.
You can only make a living out of racing when you are racing for a top Div3 (Health Net, Prime Alliance??, for examples) and Div1 team (Team Discovery, CSC, T-Moble). These guys are GOOD. They have been racing since teens and they have talents. Most of us, including you, take up racing for personal reasons. Most of us still have a full time, bill paying jobs.
Unless you are talented and in your early 20s, you better keep your day job. Even in racing in the amature level is hard. Min training hours required to be competitives is somewhere in the 12 to 15 hours. The expense required (coaching and training equipments--power meter) is huge.
Originally Posted by simplyred
Ok ok - firstly, this should be in the racing forum, but not enough people read it; and I really want some answers..
So over dinner last night, me and my gf were discussing the merits of a career - mine in grad school, hers in pursuing writing... both... academically challenging and rewarding..
I have never raced - but I brought the possibility of pursuing a career in racing - only to be shot down.
"That's such a selfish pursuit - there's no benefit to anyone else." - was her argument.
I couldn't say anything... because I didn't know anything about racing..
So... why do so many people devote their lives to training and racing? Why race for a living? Why do you race at all?
I'm not trying to impose that there is inanity to racing - I just want to try and understand....
Thanks,
Much Appreciated
-Peter