I could feel my heart pounding as I take long, deep inhalations to try to normalize my breathing.  My chest fluttered.  I decide to walk instead of sit still, keep moving while my overworked respiratory system normalizes. I’ve felt this way before.  Every now and then while going at a run too fast and too hard, I’d find myself at this point of exhaustion.  I’d always said that if I could die running, I’d die happy.  Not that I’d want that to happen right now.  Maybe in 40 years or so, during an ultra or a triathalon, perhaps.  Besides, how … Continue reading →