OMG.

[glorified]

"Marathon runners talk about hitting 'the wall' at the twenty-third mile of the race. What rowers confront isn't a wall; it's a hole - an abyss of pain, which opens up in the second minute of the race. Large needles are being driven into your thigh muscles, while your forearms seem to be splitting. Then the pain becomes confused and disorganized,

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[shotglass]

o_o Oh poor Tetra. I think I'm getting sympathy pains in my legs/arms/whole-body already.

[yo_san]

...And you do this voluntarily.

[glorified]

It builds character!

[yo_san]

You, my friend, are a far braver man than I.

[glorified]

You know how characters in shounen anime tend to look after winning a long, excruciatingly painful battle?

That's what rowers look like after a hard race. :D