I think you see it on all levels in different sports/activities. People think whatever they do is the best, the hardest, the most suffering, the most mentally demanding, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. I have a friend who was a wrestler in the Big 8 when the Big 8 was the top collegiate conference.(if it is no longer the top conference) He said he quit wrestling and moved to the school's cycling team because it was a lot less demanding on his body and he could eat anything he wanted. After that, he became a triathlete doing a couple of full IMs per year. Said it was still a lot easier that wrestling. But to hear the average roadie speak, it begins and end with cycling, and nothing else comes close.
Last edited by seypat; 05-17-20 at 09:37 PM.