- ice bath for recovery. This freakin hurts! oh well, back in the tub I go.
anyone else got one? I remember someone (Francois?) doing like a 5/2 brick once.
I find the physical pain ok to deal with but what about all the family/friend stuff we miss/sacrifice - that’s sometimes harder to do than hill repeats in 95 degrees…or 10 x 100 sprints in the pool…or…
that was 6h/2h and the bike was on the trainer…that wasn’t painful, that was dumb 
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i don’t regret it yet…well…not a lot
but possibly missing out on the ‘normal’ college lifestyle for this goofy sport.
- the knees…they just hurt
The most painful thing? Reading all the inane comments on Slowtwitch Forums for the odd nugget of useful and/or amusing informaiton.
- Eat all you can, while you can in the recovery tent
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Showering after a hard race or session and discovering you have chafage. OUCH!
deodorant the day after a race with majore chafage
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Working out hours and hours everyday… and still having to watch what we eat.
Screw that noise…
Ok ok, you’re right. I might even have to give up beer/wine! How sad is that?!?
AP 
there are places on my body where I have chaffing scars. that doesn’t happen without it hurting like hell.
moreover, some of the hills that rroof and marisol have drug me up…that hurts…all over!!
kc
Deep tissue massage - just as painful as ice baths.
That’s just nasty.
How about getting yer big toenail pulled (Big Blackie I used to call it) because it just won’t grow in right enough to let you ride/run pain free? That’s some serious pain.