Originally Posted by
topflightpro
I have several teammates/friends who are 1s. I want to say it took them 2-3 years on average.
One of them went from 5 to 2 in one racing season, then it took him three years to become a 1. His general statement was he got to a 2 on strength alone and then he had to learn how to race smart.
I was fortunate that I had strength at a young age and went to a 'club' that had very deep talent/coaching that taught me most of what I needed to know very young. We were fortunate to interval train on a closed 1km track with a coach on a scooter who would honk/scream/taunt etc. and from that we developed quickly.