Originally Posted by
revchuck
Sara - My wife was on the phone with her sister when I was typing, and the trip was postponed so no family visiting intervals.
You and I seem to be on parallel learning curves, at least in terms of learning to get comfy in the pain cave. I think the big "Aha!" moment of my breakthrough was going from "This hurts, I gotta stop!" to "This hurts...yup, sure does." I'm guessing that this is a common experience among new racers, with Master's racers also having to smack the s**t out of that devil on our shoulder telling us that we're too old for this.
It's like... Hey, if it's gonna hurt anyway might as well make it worth while and turn yourself inside out. No reason to keep a full stomach.