I Guess I Was Caught...

(photo taken by Jenna at the Columbia, SC Temple)

So I've been busy getting married. Married life is wonderful! I know we're still in the honeymoon stage, but I really don't want it to end. We're having so much fun playing house and doing everything together. I realized the other day what a smart girl I am. I mean, I picked the absolute best guy to marry (I know... cheese). Seriously, though, I couldn't be happier. We don't have our official wedding pictures yet, but here are links to 2 blogs with pictures: Melanie and Jenna

I think this is my favorite wedding picture so far.
I love the different looks on all of their faces.
Travis and three of my brothers (L-R Scott, John, AJ, Travis)
(Adam was home in Houston taking care of Jen).

But I know I should probably get back to running. Actually, I haven't stopped running. I have just kind of cut back on mileage. I've been running about 15-20 miles/week. I've bumped it up to 25 miles. Last week my left knee was hurting and I took off two running days. It was really annoying me that I couldn't run (as it always does), so I started running again on it on Saturday. I discovered that the knee pain goes away (or goes numb) after about 3-5 miles. So, I'm just going to keep running on it unless it gets worse.

I don't have any races planned until February 13, 2010. I will be attempting to run the Myrtle Beach Marathon in under four hours. Whoa, I've got butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it. Not wanting to risk injury, I haven't been working on speed really that much since the last marathon in March. So I'll be picking that up again full force in the coming months. I think my key this time will be to make sure I get a few good 23+ mile training runs in. And I'm pretty sure I'll be doing the run/walk for this marathon, as well. I'll see how the training runs go.

I would love to run this marathon with friends and family, if anyone is interested. They also have a half marathon the same day. You can walk, run, skip, juggle (I've seen that) or whatever you want. Or you can stand on the sidelines and cheer! Runners always love good cheerleaders!!!! Jenna will be doing the half that day, so she's unavailable for cheerleading. :)

Anyway, I'm glad I'm back. Good luck to you all in your running/walking endeavors!