Jenny On the Spot

Today marks the day of my official re-entry into “training”… today Katie and I tackled our 6 mile run. We ran some hills, but didn’t push it. We finished in a little over an hour… which translates to 10 minute miles, plus a bit. Not fast, but a completed goal… we are both warming back up to the idea of our “long run” mornings. Next week - we’ll cover 7.

Part of the joy of running, for me, is stomach aches (**sniff** Smell that? Sarcasm…). I do fine in 3-4 mile runs - if I don’t push it hard. It seems that once I hit six miles - no matter what the speed, my stomach rebels. After my first half-marathon, I had a stomach ache for 3 days. 3 days!

…But back to today, and that six-miler. If I sit or lay (good boy) I am just fine. However, forget productivity… A trip to the park - I sat and read a book (which, actually isn’t such a bad deal) but I couldn’t push the roundy-turny thing… Cleaning the kitchen - 3 minutes here and there before retreating to the couch… Trips to the bathroom - you don’t want to know. Between this little upset and the pain the new bands on my braces are giving me (can’t chew!) - I’ve lost nearly 2 pounds in the last 3 days. They’ll be back… they will…

It’s interesting. I get the stomach growling/hungry upset stomach pain AND the I just jostled the living hell outta my innards pain - At. The. Same. Time. I’m so hungry, but my tummy is so upset I can’t imagine eating. While my family dined of the finest faire of McNuggets and fries at the park - I munched on soda crackers and sipped on Perrier. At least the crackers knocked off my stomach’s infernal growling.

Wah.

While I’m whining - what’s up with losing nearly 20 feed readers in one day? My feedburner badge went from 53 readers yesterday to 36 today. What did I do? What did I do? Has so much love been lost already? Come back… come back…

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