100 days!

Hey everyone,

Sorry it's been so long since my last post, although I'm not sure enough people follow to really upset anyone! Anyways, today is 100 days til the Marine Corps Marathon! The college I went to always celebrated 100 days til graduation so I guess it's one of those milestones I'll always remember.  I had a mini panic attack when I looked on the website and saw 100 days.  That means a little more than 3 months! 3 MONTHS! Ok, so down to business.  I tried to take it easy last week because it was a shorter distance week and my heel was killing me. Sir Fianco my resident athletic trainer told me to.  So I ran this week in my new shoes and my heel was still hurting.  Enter the heel donut.  I read through SF's athletic training books and determined I could either get a heel cup or a heel donut.  Apparently the donut is much more economical (since he already has access to the materials) but it reminds me of those people who have to sit on donuts after breaking their tail bones.  Seems embarrassing to to me, even if no one can see my heel donut.  Well I tried my run this morning with it and surprisingly, SF knows what he's talking about! I felt great throughout the run and immediately ice cupped after and while there's still some pain, it's much much better!  I have a 9 mile run this weekend in addition to moving from one apartment to another in our complex.  I'm REALLY excited about that.  I mean, the moving is good because we're getting a better place, but I just mapped out 9 miles on Daily Mile and gasped.
However I am getting a massage and facial on Tuesday morning at Spa Bleu for FREE!  I won a contest on our wedding photographer's blog!  I never win contests but within two days I had won this package and baseball tickets! It was all very exciting.  In wedding updates, we met with our photographer and officialized (new word) our contract! We are so incredibly excited to be working with her.  I want to do our engagement pictures like, tomorrow, but SF and Teresa have talked some sense into me about wearing sweaters and fall clothes in July.... in Savannah.  Did I mention it's currently 100 degrees in our fair city with a heat index of 119? Oh yes.  It's beautiful out.  Let's see, SF and I are on the search for a "day of" wedding planner just to explore our options.  I'm amazed by how fast things add up for a wedding.  I'm not sure that a wedding planner will be in our budget but it's still fun to look around at things.  If all else fails, I have found tons of DIY wedding websites and we have some good friends that would be excellent organizers in the last two days of craziness.  We just would like to have all our guests enjoy the day if at all possible and not have to be in charge of the ceremony.  That's really all we'd need help with.  Well, that's about all I have for today.  I'll update you all on the 9 mile run in a couple days!
Keep on running,
Gracie