Growth and Grit

Tis but a flesh wound! You get up and decide that you can fight through the pain and join your friends for the rest of the ride. But as you start riding with them and trying to keep up, you start to feel achy and you become more aware of all the bruises and cuts on your body. Not only that, but your friends are riding as fast as ever and you are desperately fighting through your pain to even taste their dust. You finally decide that you should bike straight home and rest so that way you don't hurt yourself more.