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March 4, 2006
Operation Blister
Let's see... Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were all 70 minute runs with Wednesday being the day I did my 10 downhill strides.
That brings me to today. I got up early at 7am since Brad was getting up then because he had practice. I would have liked to have slept in, but I'm sick of having such little rest time in between runs. I ran for 45 minutes, developing a large blister on my arch. I knew it might come, but unfortunately today was the day. I made it through 25 minutes of my 45 minute run before I noticed it. I didn't think it was too bad until I saw it later. I'm annoyed at myself because I brought it on. I tried breaking in new running shoes and orthotics (that were just re-covered) this week. Live and learn. I took a nice 2 hour nap in the afternoon and headed out around 4pm for my second 45 minute run. Brad ran with me and we did the same route as last Saturday. I had a plan for covering up my blister, but it didn't work. Tonight we went to the store and got some different materials for a different cover-up method. I'm just hoping it's going to work.
So, I'm doing a 30k tomorrow and crossing my fingers that the blister doesn't get in the way. I'm using it as a training run rather than a race, so I will be prepared with blister supplies in my pockets. If worse come to worse, I'll just stop and reapply. If only Band-aids could just stay in one place...
Posted by Caitlin at March 4, 2006 9:18 PM