Yesterday was an immense exercising day.
I walked 1.5 miles on campus, ran 2 miles to class, and then ran 8 miles at night.
Hey guys/fellas/men/boys… This is about to get really personal in a girl way.
So you might wanna stop reading this.
I did not want to go for the evening run. I tried to talk myself into cuddling in the fetal position on my couch with a bowl of popcorn and Dancing With The Stars. But I knew that I needed this. I had been having menstrual cramps straight from hell all day and I knew that running would make it all better.
After 3.5 miles, my uterus and gut wanted to explode. And if I didn’t stop to walk, it probably would have. I walked a couple of minutes, and the flatulence unleashed like a big angry pitbull. Apparently, the same hormones that cause the endometrium lining to shed during menstruation also cause contractions of the gut — leading to increased flatulence and even diarrhea!
Back to my flatulence …. so after releasing my painful gas and contributing to more global warming, I went back to running and never stopped! 8 miles, you’re mine.
Bloated, gassy, happy mess.
I don’t jog. I run. Jogging is for senior citizens who put on polyester track suits to only run 1 mile, only to not run for another week.
xoxo


October 18, 2011 at 12:19 PM
LOL! I love this post.
I had the same issues this week…why, WHY so bad this time, extra pull from the moon perhaps?….anyway, I still chose to rock a spinning class because I figured, tomorrow could be worse and then I will wish I did it today. And if tomorrow turns out not to be worse? Then I still kicked ass! LOL!
Good job on your night run!
October 18, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Some months are worse than others with me too! Last month was bliss. Not one cramp. This month is the devil. Fatigue, cramps, spaced out, bloated, gas, etc! Ha ha ha! A mess.
Exercising helps so so much. You have a great way of looking at it. I’ll remember that, thanks Shanny!
October 18, 2011 at 2:46 PM
Hmmm, iteresting i guess from tomorrow I will start running.
October 18, 2011 at 4:15 PM
I’d love to hear about it!
October 18, 2011 at 8:21 PM
oki, done
October 18, 2011 at 9:24 PM
the run?! YEAHHHH! Way to go man
October 19, 2011 at 3:21 AM
Mine was really bad last week too! Like crazy painful (hospital painful!)– and I am on the other half of the hemisphere! Something must be in the air.
October 19, 2011 at 10:34 AM
God, help us all. Are some of yours worse than others too? Some months I’m mad that I’m a girl. ha ha
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