Originally Posted by
carleton
... It’s simply very difficult to train like an elite athlete and function like a normal young adult....
Track is the best opportunity for this. Road just takes miles/hours.
Originally Posted by
carleton
The fastest bike racers in the United States are not on a path to the Olympics. They will likely give up for at least one of several reasons that should not be.
I assume "fastest bike racers" means track, as this is a track forum. Ashton in fast. I would expect him to go to the Olympics.
Then there are a lot of reasons to give up something, for something else. 1st world problems.