Quote Originally Posted by 51Magpie View Post
That analogy made me laugh! It also reminded me that there's a similar gulf in most sports. Years ago, as a keen amateur cyclist, I could turn out 200 watts for a (not very long) while. Top pros were from a different planet, churning out 600 watts for hour after hour. (Maybe not quite so much without pharmaceutical enhancements, but still with a totally different class of engine.)
I get that us mere mortals only have our own experiences to go off, but the difference between professional sport and amateur sport is really not worth the comparison.