Pain is Your Friend?

"Pain is your friend. Your ally. It will tell you when you are seriously injurred, it will keep you awake and angry, and it will remind you to finish the job and get the hell home. You know what the best part of pain is? It lets you know, you're not dead yet!" --- This is one my friend Anna's favorite quotes. She was repeating this to us right before we boarded the ferries for the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim (cancelled due to fog, but mentally we were ready thanks to Anna).

I'm in pain, and I'm not looking at it like a friend or ally, if anything, it's a jerk. Looking at my training calendar, I realized I pretty much went non stop from the 6th-11th, with one rest day, then a half marathon. I'm sore beyond belief in my arms & legs. Muscles are tight and sore and I have kinks all over my body (particulary bad in my hip flexors, neck, and upper arms).

Solution? Swimming out some of the tightness & I hope to God that the Spa at GG has an opening tonight.