#nofilter

This is it - my worst exercise bruise so far, complete with a nasty bit of swelling.

I'll be honest, I don't enjoy the pain one bit.  I don't look forward to it, and sometimes when I have to do something that I know is going to smart, I have to set my teeth and talk myself into it.  I remind myself of all the women around me, doing far more difficult things with aplomb, and I have to gird my loins.

But realising that my body can now do something it couldn't accomplish the week before or, as a matter of fact, ever?  That feeling, I live for.