What 25K Does to My Feet

At the end of my City of Lakes 25K race report, I shared this lovely photo:

Well I took more photos.

Lucky you.

Here's the underside of that foot:

Big callous outside of my big toe, torn open blister under my big toe,
raw tips of my toes, and a little blister on the bottom of my foot.

I headed up to the bathroom to take a closer look:

I got out the "needle-nose tweezers:"

Once I drained it, I found another small blood blister UNDER that big one:

Here's the bloody fluid that came out:

Foot photos: helping put the "Gross" in "Steve in a Speedo?! Gross!" since 2006.