My bubble is burst when I read that you have to "work hard and be determined". Surely to someone of your calibre it should all come naturally; no real effort required?
It's precisely because of his hard work and determination that it does come easy. It's like the Arnold Palmer quote: " The more I practice, the luckier I get ".
I, for one, would find it an honour and a privilege to line up along the fine specimen of alpha manhood that is
@blazed, to marvel as he smashes me and all the other merely mortal riders into meek submission, to cheer as his 200+ lb ass becomes a mere dot on the horizon as he majestically sweeps up the steepest inclines, his legs a blur, sparks and smoke coming out of his bottom bracket as it struggles to cope with the wattage being generated by that big ring.
If only I could find an event he'd entered...?