Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Thoughts?
"Marathon runners talk about hitting 'the wall' at the twenty-third mile of the race. What rowers confront isn't a wall; it's a hole - an abyss of pain, which opens up in the second minute of the race. Large needles are being driven into your thigh muscles, while your forearms seem to be splitting. Then the pain becomes confused and disorganized, not like the windedness of the runner or the leg burn of the biker but an all-over, savage unpleasantness. As you pass the five-hundred-meter mark, with three-quarters of the race still to row, you realize with dread that you are not going to make it to the finish, but at the same time the idea of letting your teammates down by not rowing your hardest is unthinkable...Therefore, you are going to die. Welcome to this life." -- Ashleigh Teitel
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I get this for sure.
ReplyDeleteThere are points in wods where I start to feel confused and think that I may drop dead.. Usually if I get to that point it's when my chest (but up near your throat if you get me?) starts to burn so bad you can't breath... But in another sense whilst I'm having internal battles I know that there is no other option but to just build a bridge and get it done!!