“Pain” is such an important part in sport and sport competitions.

When a muscle are being outside it’s comfort zone, it’s painful. Painful when training and painful afterwards.

And, in marathons for instance, people run just below their anaerobic threshold, which is painful, specifically in the last half. And then, when sprinting to be the first, they have to muster the will run even faster. Which increase their pain even more, all the way to the final line.

Hearing the athletes explain this make me feel that what they really train is their will.