Hey friends!

I'm blogging bright and early from Reagan National Airport in DC! I still have two hours until my flight because I got to the airport freakishly early.


Please note just how empty all the seats around me are

Flying makes me nervous. Having to take at the metro to the airport and wait in potentially really long security lines makes me stress about missing my flight, so I tend to overcompensate in the insanely early direction.

For what it's worth, major props to the TSA folks at DCA. They kept the security lines moving and I'm pretty sure I made it through security in about five minutes. And I didn't get body scanned! DCA security FTW!

So yes, I'm now through security chilling at my gate two hours before my flight is scheduled to leave for Orlando. The plane isn't even here yet.

It's OK though, being here two hours early means I have plenty of time to blog, catch up on email, empty out my Google Reader, and eat my super awesome breakfast:


Hard boiled eggs rock! (And they are allowed through security)

OK this breakfast isn't really that awesome. I'll probably go explore the terminal at some point to find something a bit more substantial.

Until then I'll just be hanging out here, waiting for my coworker to arrive. My guess is that she'll get here at a much more normal time.

See you in Orlando!

It's my last day in the office before heading to Orlando for a work conference so I have tons and tons of loose ends I need to tie up, so just a quick post today.

Last night I was able to score a ticket to the Healthy Living Summit in Philly in August!



Wheee I'm so very excited. It will be my first time attending HLS, but I've heard wonderful things, and if it's anything close to Fitbloggin' I know it will be a blast.

Really any excuse to get a bunch of bloggers together in one place is bound to be a good time and Philly gets bonus points because it's close to D.C. and practically like going home for me!

Anyone else going to HLS this summer? I can't wait to meet everyone!

Lesson learned on this weekend's run:

If your chest if horribly sunburned do not put on a sports bra. Do not go running. Seriously do not pass go, do not collect $200.

You will spend the entire run trying to forget the horrible chafing pain and when you get back and see the damage done to your poor sunburned skin, you will spend all weekend digging through your closet to find non-V-neck shirts so that no one else has to see the chafe marks.

Or maybe that's just me.

Side Stitches:

Besides the sunburn, I had another issue on this weekend's run: horrible side stitches starting around the first mile. I wasn't running all that fast since it was warm out, but I kept getting these stabbing pains in my right side.

Side stitches have actually been a kind of common occurrence on my runs lately and I'm not exactly sure why. I mean I know I've severely cut back on my mileage so I'm obviously not in super shape like when I was training for a race, but we're talking little three mile runs here, something I should be able to do in my sleep.

I shouldn't feel like I'm sucking wind after just a mile. I've tried evening out my breathing, intentionally taking deeper, slower breaths, but once a side stitch starts the only thing I've found that will fix it is either stopping and stretching out my side or slowing down to a walk.

Usually the first side stitch doesn't hit until at least a mile in, but after the first one they become much more regular.

Do you guys have any tips for making a side stitch go away and stay away? I hate having to stop and walk every couple of minutes because my side is killing me.