10,000 Hours?!

To continue on from my previous post, Gladwell goes onto say that the most successful business people in the world such as Bill Gates, musicians like the Beatles and athletes such as star Canadian hockey players; practice on average 10,000 hours in order to perfect their skill.

When I read that I thought, OMG I am doomed! I just don’t have that kind of time. I AM TOO OLD!

So that is when two things hit me 1) 10,000 hours is to achieve world class status,  I just want to compete and finish a grand prix (and a mini grand prix would suffice!) and 2) what about all the hours I rode as a kid, surely they factor in too? Right?

So if my goal is say 7,000 hours and I achieved roughly 5,000 in my youth, then I only need another 2,000 hours to be able to compete (at a beginner level) in a (mini) Grand Prix.

This equates to roughly six years of training at six hours a week. Now that is doable. I am up for the challenge.