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June 2, 2006
Rain = Wet = Blisters = Bad
So it was raining again today - at least I haven't had to water my flowers the past couple days! When I got home from work I thought we'd just wait it out some. I took a quick nap on the couch until around 5 pm, but when I got up O informed me that our run was going to be wet no matter how long we waited - it was going to rain all night. Indeed it has. We finally left a little after 5 pm. It wasn't raining that hard and by the time it did start to rain harder we were already soaked so it wasn't a big deal.
The workout today was 10 minutes warmup and then 8x2 minutes hard with 2 minutes jogging rest. We finished with 5 minute cooldown for 45 minutes total. I actually felt better than I thought I would. It took a while for my troublesome IT band and my feet to warmup and feel okay but they eventually felt pretty good. Unfortunately about the same time they started to feel good, I started to notice pain on my heel. Yep, that's right. My soggy socks had slipped down and in the mean time my shoe was attacking my skin.
The blister started to hurt *really* bad and after the 2nd to last repeat I had to stop. I have to admit - I was near tears it was hurting to badly! But I ripped off a big piece of skin, pulled my sock up and stuffed my shoe back on and we were off again. I was determined to finish the workout. And we did. And I'm still alive, foot attached and all. The blister is in a good place - right on the back of my heel but low enough that I don't think my cycling shoes will bother it tomorrow and high enough that if I'm walking around with sandals or barefoot I don't feel it. I won't be running again until Tuesday so hopefully it will feel better by then. :)
I'm very excited for my ride tomorrow! We have the bike all packed and ready and I have my snacks laid out. I figure I will need to take in about 700-800 kcals while I'm riding so I have 2 packs of Clif Shot Bloks (400 kcals total), 1 Gu (100 kcals), 34 oz of Gatorade Endurance (200 kcals), and last but not least, one of my all-time favorite snacks...Cheez-its! I love the fact that I can eat Cheez-its on a ride. If I tried to eat Cheez-its while I was doing a long run my stomach would revolt so badly I might not be able to function again! Regardless, there are also several convenience stores on the route so I have some cash in case I want to stop for additional snacks! I wonder if I'm so excited for this ride because I like to cycle or because I get to eat snacks?! :) Hmm...
Time for bed. The train will be leaving early tomorrow morning!
Posted by beth at June 2, 2006 9:55 PM