There is no shortage of good articles like this and I enjoy them all. From racer's blog, posted in NYT today. I thought about posting it under the "Advice" thread, but decided post it here instead.
http://www.racerex.com/its-a-l...a-box-of-chocolates/
Excerpt:
"I can say from experience that the fantasy of child stardom is not all its cracked up to be. The pros are, of course, an early sniff of glory and an instant endorphin hit of success. Up into my early teens I won every ski race I entered. I fell and got up, and won. My boots got stolen from the car so I borrowed a friend’s mother’s boots, and won. A big kid in ski boots stepped on my bare toes and broke them the day before a race, and the next day I won. You get the picture. Yay me."
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