What's With Your Feet?

Toes still messed up.

Well the problems from the blisters have finally subsided. For awhile there it came and went. One day it would fine then another day it wouldn't be. Surely had I stopped working out completely the week after WS it would have healed faster but I was all agro about the race and wanted to get it out. Besides I knew I was going to go on vacation anyway. Day after WS I squeezed them into a pair of cycling shoes and rode for 3 hours, went to track on Tuesday and was at Spin class on Thursday. Muscles were fine but the feet were very unhappy. Bottoms of the feet are good now and the old blisters are peeling but the toes, the toes are still so messed up!

Since the race my Keen sandals have been my favorite piece of footwear, the toe bumper effectively hides my toes. However I've decided to ditch them for some new flip flops - looks be damned. This weather is made for slippers. As one of my good friends would say, "stop worrying about what other people would think". My cousin Ann came with me and I think she was grossed out. "How did your feet get like that!?" she asked. "From long distance running Ann, you know for running a long,long time like a whole day", I answered. I don't think she got it. Who runs for a whole day?:)

Well I've never had such messed up feet. After this photo was taken I did some "cleaning up". I attended to the old peeling blisters and pulled out 4 more toe nails. Gross I know, not for you athletes though huh - you know how it goes. No pain involved, they were ready to go. As they say, kiss your toenails goodbye if you plan on doing ultras. Needless to say I'll have to rethink my foot protection strategy, maybe give my feet a little more respect while I'm at it.