I don’t know what the deal is. But after logging 100 miles on my new shoes, they suddenly decided to give me blisters. The most noticeable was a quarter-sized blister on my left heel. It kept me sidelined for two days.
My first day off, I was okay with it. After my 19-mile run, I would normally take a day off anyway. I was hobbling all around that day, not because of sore muscles, but because of this nasty blister on my heel.
My second day off, I was getting antsy. It’s funny, before I hit the AT, I didn’t do any exercise regularly. I was fine with that. Now if I go too long without my run, I feel really lazy and lethargic. I think it might be a bit of an addiction.
By the third day, I had mixed emotions. I wanted to run and get back into my regular running schedule, but it was REALLY hard. It was a strange mixture of laziness and anxiety. Plus I was nervous about running with my big blister still looming large.
It turned out that my run went surprisingly well. I had a lot of excess energy to burn off. I almost didn’t go because my blister still hurt when I walked. But for some reason, I barely felt it when I ran. Kind of like Yoda in Attack of the Clones, I went from hobbling around, to spectacular run, back to hobbling around.
So besides being quite ugly, the big bad blister has become a non-factor. That’s encouraging. Countdown to OBX Marathon: 30 days!
