I forgot to mention that yesterday I ran myself into a blister on my little toe. This is only the second time I’ve had a running blister that wasn’t just a tiny little one, ending up around 1/2" in diameter and moderately painful. I was wearing my old Saucony Triumphs, and noticed part of the upper rubbing at around the seven mile mark. Since there wasn’t much I could have done short of running barefoot through a detention pond and road construction (not a great idea), I ignored it. It was still quite impressive today, so of course I ran on it again.

This should have been a rest day but what the hell, I had said that I’d do 3-4 miles with my friend while we were up in Dallas together. We ended up doing modified fartleks, combining a few minutes hard push with some walking and easy running. I had relaced my shoe to try to hold it tighter against the side of my foot, and it didn’t seem to irritate it much at all. Not very eventful, but a few more non-rest miles.

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