So here I am again…

Whenmy friend and I ran our first marathon, she compared the experience to childbirth. She said it was every bit as long, painful, agonizing–and ultimately, rewarding. And then she told me something interesting. She said that scientists believe that the body triggers some sort of hormone that makes a woman forget just how painful childbirth is, so that she will get past the trauma of the experience and go on to give birth more times. I can attest to the fact that there’s a similar phenomenon...