surrealestate | Just call me Curt (Reply)

[Mirrored from my training blog and sponsorship page where I am raising funds in support of nutrition, medical, and fitness research and education at Tufts University.]

So far, this week is going strong despite minor issues. Tuesday morning intervals were tough as usual and I had to stop early due to some stomach upset (throwing up on the indoor track would not be good). But I still got up oh-god-early on Wednesday to do the group run and toughed out the full mileage. As we milled around before starting, someone mentioned they were glad the snow wasn't supposed to start until later. Then naturally about four minutes in, little flakes started coming down, and by the halfway point, we were reasonably soaked (and getting pelted in the face the whole way). Luckily it was at our backs for the return. A few blocks from the finish, I noticed that something seemed to be scratching my foot a bit, so I glanced down to see a not-too-pretty sight -- I'm glad I hadn't looked sooner! I think I need to replace those socks because the elasticity has shrunk to the point that the edge has a tendency to land in the wrong place and cause issues like that.

What's a little amazing is that it didn't seem too bad while I was running, but once I was done, had a banana, etc, starting to walk again was super painful. It was good to get the shoe and sock off.