Listen to Your (Body)

Full Discolsure: I've had "Listen to Your Heart" by Roxette stuck in my head ever since watching the finale of "The Bachelorette" last night with my girlfriends. We have watched the entire season together (I've never watched the show before, but they sucked me in!). I don't really like Ali, but I LOVE Roberto (who doesn't? That smile, those dimples!).

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This morning, however, it was a case of listening to my body, not necessarily my heart. My race is less than a month away. July was a big running month and my body is feeling it. I ran in Hawaii, but wimped out of my 11-mile run on Saturday after about 4 miles. My knees hurt, my ankles, hurt, my shins hurt. It was all bad. I iced, gave myself a day or two to recover, and did 4 miles of hillwork on the treadmill yesterday, planning to run 6 miles this morning.

Well... I slept in an extra hour, got out of bed, sat down to read a few pages of my book, and then fell asleep for another hour! I'm just now (at 10am!) drinking my coffee and eating some breakfast. Looks like it's a blogging morning, instead of a running one!

The one thing I've learned through all this training though, is that (much like my philosophy about food) being militant is never the healthiest way to go about something. I could beat myself up about getting off schedule, or I could just accept that today was not meant to be a running day and move my run to tomorrow. I think we are all happier in the long run if we allow ourselves to compromise!

I'm currently housesitting (dogsitting, really) for my parents while they are in Hawaii for another week (lucky!). Check out this pooch I get to spend my time with:

Yep, life's rough!

Some posts to look forward to:

• Maui!
• Our belated 1st anniversary dinner (with recipes!)
• "Change the Way You See, Not the Way You Look" (in honor of Caitlin's book release!)

One more cup of coffee, then I'll walk the dog and get down to business! Happy Wednesday!

Recovering

Oh, blog friends. I know I promised I would be back today. I have tons of vacation pictures and not one, but two delicious recipe reviews for you!

But, I have to admit, I am still recovering from our incredible vacation and have yet to get fully back into the swing of things.

Tomorrow, I promise I will make myself a delicious GM and sit down and bang out an update or two for you. Until then, I'm going to catch up on True Blood and imagine I'm still sipping on Mai Tais!

Oh! I updated my "Logging Miles" widget over on the right-hand side. Can you believe I ran 73 miles in July? My brain doesn't believe it, but my knees and ankles definitely do!

A question: Do any of you runners use foam rollers? I am thinking about picking one up tomorrow. Any pointers?

Wedding Week - Lovey-Dovey

This is the final post in my Wedding Week series - I hope you've enjoyed (or at least tolerated!) a look back at our fun wedding day. These last pictures are super lovey-dovey shots of my darling husband and me. You've been warned!

{all photos - Kali Kraum Photography}