Originally Posted by patentcad
Many of us started out that way. I'm not sure if it has as much to do with your body handling the training to get faster. For me it was mostly in my head. My body can generally handle whatever my head tells it to up to certain physical limits. Let's put it this way - I got faster than I thought I would by just sticking with it. But if you HATE it, what's the point? Cycling is supposed to be fun. Nothing wrong with not racing, not at all. I'm just saying that I enjoyed it even though I was never very good at it compared to some of my friends.
Yeah, I got better between ages 12 and 14, then people started to get faster and I wasn't making that much improvement. My trainer would add miles or alter my workout and I'd get sick. reduce the workout and I was not as strong. But it could have been my low tolerance to pain back then. Now it might be different (as botto said) since I can tough it out much more, but now I have a wife, kids, a job, and bills, so not much time for training.