Path to 5k

Got through another mile yesterday.  Met up with my coworker at the gym and she did two while I did one.  I can't wait til I'm there with her.  The plan for the next two weeks is to get up to 1.5 miles.  I don't see that as all that daunting, so that's cool.  I really hope I'll be able to boost my speed some too.

The mile I ran yesterday was a little harder than Friday's mile.  I got a stitch in my side which sucked.  Anyone know how to prevent or work through that?

My thoughts on why it felt harder:

1. I ate at 11:30 and I started jogging around 2:15.  Is that enough time to digest?
2. There weren't as many people at the gym to keep my mind occupied.
3. The air at one side of the track was much warmer than the other.

I need a super awesome playlist too.  Anyone have any suggestions?

I downloaded the active.com iPhone app and went through and 'favorited' a bunch of races.  I hope C will be down for some...I know I won't do it unless he goes with me.  Or maybe my coworker would go with me.  At any rate, I'm excited about it.  I think this could be a really fun (and healthy) new hobby.  It would be neat to work my way up to 10ks and half marathons.  We shall see.