Monday 22 February 2010

Dang - this hurts

Hello Bleaders, as Andy Glasgow refers to his Blog Readers in the really clever radio sitcom 'On The Blog' on BBC Radio 2. Time for another entry from me.

I went out for an hour and half yesterday in some damp and chilly weather. I freely admit that I haven't done enough training yet but tappened before. For the first 3 miles felt like lead and that's not unusual for me. I'd be interested to know, from those that know of these things, what the cause is and how I can get around that - or at least ease it. I'm wondering how much effect my shoes have. Whilst my current pair of Asics have been a comfortable fit, I have felt as if I was running a bit flatfooted. Hmm. Notwithstanding, I'll be needing to pay a visit to Alexandra Sports soon, for a new pair.

I ran out to the seafront at Lee on the Solent and then back along Stokes Bay (here's the route). Both these areas are normally teeming with promenaders but the weather obviously had had an impact as I saw no more than half a dozen tightly wrapped people. And no dogs! There were some ducks but they had their minds on other duck-related matters.  It was actually quite a pleasant day - once I warmed up - for a run. There was hardly any wind and it rained lightly once for 10 minutes.



When I got home I looked at my shoes to see one had some red dye on it and for the life of me I couldn't recall running through any mud of that colour. It was only after taking my shoe off to see my very bloodstained sock, did I realise that a corner of a toenail must have been digging into its partner.




So there's the lesson - keep your toenails properly trimmed, folks!


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