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Lots of professional sport people complain after they’ve retired that they wish they’d carried on a bit longer
Exactly. Life after your sports career is ages so do what you want when you can.
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Exactly. Life after your sports career is ages so do what you want when you can.
We have a family friend who is right at the beginning of what looks like it might be a successful sports career. Even at the age of 18, he's started planning his "next phase" as he's realistic that the sports thing could end at any time so he doesn't want to leave it to chance.
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If you look at the usual trajectory of a sprinter’s career, they tend to have a period of high performance early on where they dominate, then it tails off. Some re-invent themselves, some disappear and some try and try to get back to where they were.
I think Cavendish has realised that his problems with Epstein-Barr means he’ll never get back to where he was. So now he’s racing still because he loves it and he’s using his knowledge and experience to educate his younger teammates.
I don’t think you can criticise him for that at all, he’s one of the greatest, if not the greatest, sprinters of all time after all. Lots of professional sport people complain after they’ve retired that they wish they’d carried on a bit longer, so as long as he is enjoying it and providing value to sponsors then who cares?