Ahh, Youth

sunday, january 22, 2006
2:30 p.m.
clear skies, lite wind on the way back
about 45 degrees. nice.
4.05 miles 42.32 min

met up w/ Christie and K (young girl from church...by young, i mean: SIXTEEN. VERY young. to me) and all was swell. we were going to do a slow 4. Christie had said, when she said K was coming, "yeah, i think it should be about YOUR pace." (i wonder what she gauges that by?)

my.goodness.

okay, so K is a sprinter.
apparently she can sprint for FOUR MILES.
yep. that's what i said.

from the get-go i felt like a big, fat SAUSAGE. that's the only way i can explain it.

perhaps it was the cheese-on-whole-wheat-tortilla i ate approx. 1.5 hours before we started.
perhaps it was the onset of cramps (yeahoo) i was starting to feel.
perhaps it was the FLOAT YOUR buh-LOAT (bloat) that comes w/ aforementioned cramps.
perhaps it was the few bites of egg-casserole-thingy that i made for the kiddos...for brunch-like.

i couldn't help it. i HAD to see how it turned out! i'm UN-domestic by nature. i ACTUALLY made something (my own recipe) last nite, put it in the fridge overnite, got home from church and stuck it in the oven. how can i NOT try it? it was delish.

most likely: perhaps 'twas a little of all of the above.

legs hurt at beginning, prob for 1.5 miles...then not again till about mile 3.

when stopped: WHOA, massive pain.

after took brace off left knee? buckled! weird-o-RAMA!

stopped for gas...hobbled to pay.

to my parents' to shower and p/u kidlets...hobbling. but by the time i left there, okay.

now, sitting here, searing, shooting pain up LEFT shin every once in a while. overall, legs feel okay when not touching them, tho.

here i come, doc.

peops have been encouraging me that maybe it will be as simple as getting some orthodics. BRING IT ON.

and that is all i have to say about that!