["In the end, [the race] is only with yourself."](https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/bazluhrmannsunscreen.htm)

It's almost always a combination of both, and some things are more genetics and other things are more training.

k00b

well i feel the same then i code, but i was always one of the fastest runner in my class (and i am only 5"7'), and now i am a pretty fast cyclist, so its a lot genetics and only so much training. 
But i had another sport where i always sucked, no matter how much i trained (i did for years) others would beat me easily after weeks.

so its genes and training only can do so much

pony

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saloon

Why do I feel slow when I run? Why do I feel weak when I lift weights? Because I haven't done it enough yet, and until I spend a lot of time doing it, it won't be easy.