running: the dawn

I’ll admit it.  I was a little nervous leading up to today.  I had a LOT on my agenda and I honestly didn’t know how I was going to fit it all in.  Here’s my to-do list for today:

• Jazzercise
• Grading
• Lunch with friends from California
• 12 mile run
• Wedding
• Packing for the mountains

Hmmmmm…..

Jazzercise was amazing.  I just love that I can go to classes where ever I go.  I can just hop online and type in the address and find the schedule for the closest center.  I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jazzercise people.  They are just as open and friendly as the running community and I always feel at home when I step into Jazzer-land!

Got one of my class’s grading done.  Still have one to go….can’t check that off completely.

Lunch was great.  We went to an Indian buffet and it was delicious!  I may have eaten too much (more on that later)…We got carried away telling and listening to stories.  My good friend is in medical school and she has the BEST stories of all her professors.  Seriously, she could write an entire book, or movie, or something….I know I could listen to (0r read) her stories forever.

By the time I was hitting the trail for my run, I did the math and there was NO way I’d be able to get all 12 miles done.  I decided to set out and get at least 10 in.  The first three miles were great.  I felt all the pent up energy pouring out through my feet and onto the pavement.  I knew at the time I was running too fast, but it just felt so good!  It felt so good, until it started to feel bad.  In my tummy.  In fact, I’m pretty sure that it was my entire abdominal cavity started to seize up.  My dad was with me on his bike and he was out in front of me when I got the full body side-stitch, so I decided that I would work it out until I caught up to him so I could tell him that I wanted to walk for a bit.  But of course, as soon as I got to him it had settled down and I could keep going.  I did decide that I should slow down and that helped everything stay calm for the rest of the run.  I ended up with 10 miles, and I’ll just be ok with that.

The wedding was glorious.  Congrats to Guy and Becca!

I have one more load of laundry (hate packing dirty running clothes) and then I’ll be done with my packing for the next leg of our vacation.

The bad news?  I’m pretty sure I’m teetering on the edge of a significant illness.  Ever since our 10 hour drive that lasted until 3:30 am where I may or may not have indulged my obsession with chewy sprees (my favorite travel food), I have had a sore throat.  After my run, when I got into the car I started to feel aches all over my body.  Uh oh!  I really did feel great the entire run, and it wasn’t until I stopped that I started to feel awful.  I was able to survive the wedding and haven’t touched a bit of sugar all day.  Hoping that a good night’s sleep is all I need to feel back on top!  We’ll see…