Ok, perhaps the title of this article is misleading. I can’t tell you how to deal with the sometimes excruciating pain, or how to overcome the fact that you are at your weakest physically during that time, but there is one thing I can help you with. I’ve actually been very fortunate and somehow not had to deal with this issue too many times (with a total of 19 races last year I’m not sure how but I’m not questioning it too much.) However, once is more than enough, and I’ve ha