No pain = keep running

So I've lived here in the rocky mountain state for a little over 3 months, been running 30+ miles/week for the last month, hiked up/ran several moderate/difficult trails and I haven't been hurt. Last week I ran/jumped up the stairs at the red rocks ampitheater. I felt awesome. Then I dropped a deuce and felt I could take a couple more rounds up the stairs. In the first 5 steps I felt a twinge in my right calf and I knew I would be in trouble so I stopped and went home. The next day I hiked up the flatirons and felt pretty awesome. No pain.

The day after that I tried to run and *boop* pain. Ice, ibuprofen, and rest. Of course I worked 40 hours in the next 3 days so of course it wasn't really rest.

Yesterday decided to take it easy and hiked up rattlesnake gulch at eldorado. Beautiful. Got to the continental divide outlook and chilled with an old man and his old dog. Cool dudes.

Came home, watched some episodes of torchwood, and basically ate until I passed out. Yea, really smart. I had 2 apples, a pear, some pineapple, strawbraries, sauteed chicken and green beans, a veggie platter with light ranch... then my roommate comes home and is like let's get pizza. I haven't had pizza in so long so I felt I deserved a treat. Omg. Why would I deny myself?

This morning I felt pretty good (in the calf) so I wanted to get my run on. Decided to treadmill it since I probably would be dumping out a lot today. I was right. Running wasn't bad. Then I had to dump out. Then I ran some more. Guess what? Pain! Def need to rest the calf. Can't sideline myself. My body is smarter than my mind it seems.

Here's a pic from atop the flatirons.