So yesterday was my birthday – 41 feels better than 40 did. For some reason….oh wait yes that’s right – cause I’m more active than I was at 40!
Family gave me Galloway’s 1/2 marathon book and a Nathan fuel belt. Now that is not what I would have predicted a year ago! 🙂
And of course I started the new year with a morning birthday run. Got to run with my husband….and he was very sweet to slow his pace to stay with me for the whole 3.1 miles. We’re in his hometown visiting his family and he has run these streets before so he has a better sense of distance than I do. But I was touched that he slowed down for me….and cheered me the whole way. I’m very very blessed – to have a birthday to celebrate with an awesome husband and wonderful kids and family.
Today I planned a 6 mile run – testing out the new belt. Well the belt works but my temporary fix for my shoe blow out was a bust. I’m not sure why my one heel wore out so quickly and so badly. But my fix with moleskin and some padding on my foot did not work. I was doing so well today – had shaved 20 seconds off my first mile. I was so excited…apparently the run with Steve had inspired my legs.
But at about 1.5 miles I realized my foot was hurting in not a good way. I kept going for another .5 mile but it only got worse. All the padding I had stuck in there was wiggling up and down with my foot falls – and a good blister was forming. (It hadn’t bothered me yesterday – which was good….) So I finally had to admit defeat otherwise risk a really bad blister. I loosened the shoe and hobbled home about 1.5 miles as well as I could.
Honestly I nearly cried. I had been feeling good and going strong. (I had tried to measure my cadence as per Galloway’s book and I was getting a bit faster with each trial.) But I really didn’t want to injure my foot unnecessarily. So off to hunt for new running shoes….not many running stores here in my husband’s hometown. But there are a few options….cause NOT running is NOT an option. 🙂 And how incredible that is from where I was a year ago…