Two recent items caught my eye, both noting cyclists’ embrace of a certain form of discomfort:
And he has something else they say all great cyclists must have: the ability to suffer — a lot.
“If you can’t suffer,” Johan says, “what good are you?”
–From “Colombian Cyclists Dream Of Racing Out Of Poverty,” on NPR News.
Then this, from the outstanding blog Red Kite Prayer:
“To Suffer Is To Learn.” T-shirts available here.
