Day 106 - Tough day

Alcohol Units: Absolutely ZERO
Running Units: just under 8
Other exercise Units: nada
Stretching Units: oh yes!

Wow what a completely frustrating day. Defeating almost. I had a suspicion it wouldn't be a great day based on this week's soreness but wow - it was worse than I expected.

I woke up to strong wind and little bit of rain. Anyone who lives outside So. Cal is probably laughing that a little bit of weather put the entire LA team out of wack but hey - we're not used to weather! I decided to walk the first 2 miles to let my calf loosen up a bit before running. I think that was a good idea, solid plan, and seemed to help a bit. So after the first 2 miles I started my intervals and boy were they hard. My legs felt like lead. From time to time I feel like I'm a giant whale that's trying to run and it just doesn't work. I'm not strong enough to run with all this weight. That's what today felt like.

I worked at my intervals for a few miles and then the blisters started again.

Let's review what I've tried to date.

• body glide
• more body glide
• new skin
• bandaids

Today I tried mole skin. Unfortunately the blisters formed UNDER the mole skin which was just not pleasant. It was so unpleasant that I had to stop early which was just annoying.

So now where do I go? These blisters keep taking me out at around mile 7/8. I think it's the shoes. I'm heading home in 2 weeks for an early Easter and will be stopping by my favorite running store to ask them. I swear they are the only people who can fit my feet with running shoes. I've heard time and again how I can get running shoes outside Sacramento. That has yet to be proven true. In fact the opposite keeps being proven true.

One other note from today. The calf thing is bothering me. Bothering me as in annoying me and making me wonder if I'm going to keep having a new ache and pain throughout this process. It seems that once I improve one item another starts hurting.

I'll post my blister photo later (you know you want to see!)