Things That Make Ya Go EEEWWWWWW!!!

First, a little training note to get us all up to date. Two weeks ago, I had a GREAT long run. I ran 14 miles in 1:36:41. I ran it well, I felt great at the end, and I was really proud of that run. Last week, I had a HORRIBLE 15 mile run in the rain/snow/slush. It took me 1:50, so it was quite a bit slower then the 14 miler, AND I felt like crap for the entire run. Here I am soaked afterwards:

You really can’t tell I’m soaked because I’m
just soaked through everywhere.

Yesterday, I had to run an 8 mile tempo run. This was going to be the redemption run from the shitty run of last weekend. I went out pretty hard, tried to keep it fast, and tried to negative spilt it. Mission accomplished - 24:45 first half, 24:20 second half, 49:05 overall, 6:08/mile pace. My “relf-esteem” is back on the way up (That’s short for “running self-esteem.” Think it will catch on? I don’t.)

There was one problem with yesterdays fast run: my middle toes were paying the price in my new shoes. The “little piggy that had roast beef” wasn’t happy. (Side note: Mmmm...roast beef.) My right foot started hurting 2 miles into the run. At the turn-around at mile 4, it was REALLY sore. After a few more miles, my left foot was hurting too. I just muscled through it. When I got home, before heading in for some Recoverite (which is like crack to me), I grabbed my camera. Here was my right foot, the sorest one:

I created a blister and rubbed it off during the run. My left foot, which wasn’t as sore, looked like this:

Yep, that’s a super nasty blood blister. And notice the REGULAR blister that had started forming ON TOP of the blood blister! It’s a 2-for-1 special!

I went inside and got ready to clean up. Here’s a nice close-up of the carnage:

The blood blister was super squishy, like a boob. And the regular blister on top of it was like a nipple on the boob. I’m not a scab-picker, but I AM a blister-popper, so I grabbed a little scissors and went right through the nipple and boob:

The 2 sets of fluid (from the regular blister and the blood blister) combined in a marriage of pusy goodness. It was like when you use Draino that has 2 separate compartments of liquid that meet up in your drain to do their job. It was just like that. Only it stung more than when I have to use Draino. I squeezed that sucker dry:

If you didn’t have a foot fetish before, I bet you have one now! Seriously, I have so many gross foot photos that I could probably start up some “gross foot photo fetish” website and make TONS of money. There HAS to be a market for that!

17 mile run on the books for this weekend. I’ve got plans for taking care of my toes. We’ll see how it goes!