This month I completed my first ever Olympic triathlon. Six weeks of literal blood, sweat and tears spent in preparation for what ended up being a three-and-a-half-hour grind on the course. Training sessions entailed plenty of rainy swims, humid runs and muddy bike rides, constructing the overall “suck” that comes with anything hard. But before this starts reading as a humble-brag piece, let me say this: some days it really kicked my ass, and on those days I questioned my wh