the voodoo that yoodooo

so i was talking to mom tonight, and she was asking me about the running, and was i taking care of myself...

"you used to get side aches. have you gotten any side aches?" she asked.

"nope, not a one!" i replied, a little to confidently as it turns out.

tonight i was supposed to run 3 miles. and i did. but about one mile in i got a stitch in my side. not high up under my ribs where i remember getting them, but just to the right of my left hipbone. a very focused pain. like a perma-noogie, just digging in deeper and deeper. i wasn't sure what to do... are you supposed to run through a stitch? are all stitches created equal? because of the location of this pain (not to mention the time of the month, sorry, but if i can run with it you can read about it) i thought it might be a gas bubble.

i made sure i was breathing fully, hoping that would help. one thing i've noticed when i can't get my breath, it is because i'm not exhaling every last drop of air. i'm rushing to inhale. so i'm trying to be patient with my breathing and it is helping. but not with this pain. it was there for the last two miles. didn't stop until i did.

and when i stopped running, instead of feeling light and energized, i felt heavy, my legs like wet sacks of sand. my body ached. i was chilled, even tho i was properly dressed. i'm thinking this has to do with my period, rather than coming down with anything. but i'm drinking an emergen-c just in case!!

much love to all my family... i'm thinking about all of you... i'm not me without you...