marathon training

I'm currently training to run a marathon in December of this year.
Training for a marathon is hard.
I know it's not near as hard as other things in life, but I have been completely frustrated with training lately.

I'm trying to learn how to understand my own body's cues to preform better, but I'm not doing so great. I don't like to listen to my body. I like to do what I want.

I've had issues with my calves hurting while I run. I thought it was my new shoes.

It wasn't. It was the "most excellent, and best insoles you should buy if you're going to run a marathon" I spent a little bit of $$ on. I finally got that issue resolved.

Then I had a tooth extracted and couldn't be physically active for a few days so I wouldn't "dislodge a blood clot."

Now I have pain in my left leg. It's nothing serious, but I don't think I should be running on it. I don't want to injure it more. I guess I'm going to rest it but that will put me behind in training. See what I mean?...frustrated.

I'm resolved to the fact that I should just do some cross training for a few days. At least that will keep me active, but still allow time for my leg to feel better.

Peds ED

Yesterday I went to work like normal and found out I was going to be shadowing a nurse in the Peds Emergency Department for the shift.
If you haven't heard me talk about it, two things:

1.)Our unit's census is down. We have no (and by no, I mean not enough to have every nurse work) patients right now which is great for the babies and families, but not so great for job security. Nurses from my unit keep having to stay home.

2.) Cross training to the Pediatric ED is something I've wanted to do for a really long time so I was super excited about the opportunity to go there and see what it was like.

Well, I really liked being down there. It's COMPLETELY different from NICU (well it was yesterday). We kept getting patients in and then getting them out. Not something I typically see at work. I hope they let me cross train for reals there. It would definitely require some retraining for me (terminology, lab values, procedures, etc), but I think it would be good for me.