The dull ache of effort

There is nothing like sitting with the feeling of effort in your legs. It doesn't happen over night. It sneaks up on you.

It is all about contradictions. It is a feeling that comes from a series of hard efforts. Your legs adapt, adjust, and ache. It is a feeling that you can do anything you want long, short, slow, fast, up, down it doesn't matter. At the same time just sitting you can feel your legs throbbing almost like they are working to repair the micro muscle tears. Walking takes effort yet sprinting up a hill seems effortless.

It is usually the feeling as your body adjusts to the new workload. Most people can't take it. They stop and rest. Yet if they could fight their way through it the transformation on the other side is unmistakable.