On the training plan for today was a 13-mile run, the St Paul Winter Carnival Half Marathon. But at minus ten degrees, I chickened out, even though they had cut it to 6.5 miles, and ran on the indoor track at the club instead. I wanted to run seven miles, and was doing fine, when Thursday’s blister started to bother again, even though covered by a band-aid. No runner stops for a mere blister on a toe, but:
- We have a marathon coming up soon,
- It is possible for a blister to become infected,
- Theoretically, my immune system is compromised because of the myeloma and the chemo,
- So an infection could possibly take me out of the marathon,
- I’d rather finish the marathon at ANY speed than sit home with a swollen toe or foot, and
- Two more miles of training really wouldn’t make much difference.
Good news though - for those five miles I had a really good run - no other pains. Excellent run in fact. Overall pace 8:41, and the breathing was easy. I think of myself as a morning runner, but I’m having good runs in the afternoon lately. It’s a masterpiece.
Splits: 8:48, 8:35, 8:47, 8:32, 8:42, total 43:24, pace 8:41.
Lunch: Organic chicken with spices, organic baked beans with a squirt of organic mustard, organic mixed vegetables.
3 comments:
I stop right away for blisters as soon as I can and address them, even if means curtailing the run for then. Better to come back another day, as us lawyers know.
I should have said that runners don't stop in a RACE for a blister. In a training run, no doubt, the smart ones do as you do :-)
Runners don't stop for a blister in a race... unless they have another 8 hours to go; discovered that caveat in June.
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