No Pain No Pain

Physically I have a high tolerance for pain, mentally I have a very very low tolerance for pain.  My darling sister has often told me that I don't try very hard because I don't want to be in pain.  I say who does?

It is interesting that people in group are afraid of being hungry.  That is not my worry.  I don't really care about the hunger feeling (if I have one) I just don't like it when it goes to pain.  But maybe it is the same concept?  I don't know.

So how do I overcome this fear of pain?  How do athletes work through the pain?  I don't know how to mentally do it.  You certainly can't do focusing on the pain.  Which I do.  There has to be a trick that works that allows you to acknowledge the pain, but continue on.  Trying to focus on something else?  But when your legs are burning and you don't think you can get your arms out of the water, the focus isn't going anywhere but to the agony you are enduring.

Thinking it will only be another minute or ten minutes doesn't work for me.  It is part of my instant gratification make up.  I don't want to feel pain now, I want to eat the ice cream now.  What is a girl to do?  I have until June 27 to figure this life question out.