Do you have those socks that are two layers? They help a lot.
You were very nearly devoured by a giant demon snake. The words 'let that be a lesson' are a tad redundant at this juncture.
Giles ,'Selfless'
Spike's Bitches 37: You take the killing for granted.
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Ginger - Aug 18, 2007 12:01:25 pm PDT #1964 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
beekaytee - Aug 18, 2007 12:07:25 pm PDT #1965 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Sports tape? ears pricking up
I'll do anything at this point. Thanks for the tip.
Ginger, I tried two socks for the first time this morning...one thin, one thick...that appears to have been a tactical error. I don't yet own double layer socks, but will gladly give that a try too.
A training buddy has the same Asics shoe I'm using and she gets blisters in the same place that I do...On the inside of each heel. (one is the size of a quarter, the other is actually three blisters strung close together.) I wonder if the insole has a seam there or something.
I've also pretty much lost the bottom pad of each little toe.
No blisters on the ball of the foot this week though. Perhaps the double sockage helped there.
And thanks for the encouragement guys. It means a lot when I'm feeling all wounded and such.
Bless Bartleby's heart...I left at 4:30am, so I had to take him out for the necessaries after training today. He walked right by my side and very slowly...off lead. While he is always good, I gt the sense that he knew I was hurt. Sweet noodle.
SuziQ - Aug 18, 2007 12:26:01 pm PDT #1966 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Awww Bartleby.
We did get to wander the zoo when we were done. They showed us a shortcut from the hospital to the main zoo area that went behind the chimpanzee enclosure. Did you know that chimps spit when they are not happy? Did you know that having people pass closely behind their enclosure does not make chimps happy. Yep, got spit on. Good times.
So tired. Am supposed to be hopping in the shower and going to the A's game....
brenda m - Aug 18, 2007 12:28:09 pm PDT #1967 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I've got to figure out a way to get to the primo running store (not Metro accessible, which just seems weird) where I bought them...shake my tiny shoes at them and say, Fix this shit!
beej, if you take the orange/blue to Rosslyn and walk across the key bridge, you're about 100 ft from a really good running store in G'town. That's where I got all my gear when I was training for the Marine Corps. (Marathon, not actual corps, ftr.)
Highly, highly recommend the double layer socks. And it sounds like you might be near the new shoe point anyway.
WindSparrow - Aug 18, 2007 12:34:24 pm PDT #1968 of 10001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
sj, I'm sorry TCG's mother is such a... delightful personage t /tongue in cheek
vw, go you, with the date having, and all.
lisah, here's to your next furnace paying for itself in amazing fuel efficiency in next to no time.
Beej, I hope you can figure out how best to care for your feet while you pull off this amazing feat.
beekaytee - Aug 18, 2007 12:43:23 pm PDT #1969 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
a really good running store in G'town
Really? Whatzit called? I love the Fenty's at Fleet Feet, but getting there is such a trial.
Nicole - Aug 18, 2007 12:43:46 pm PDT #1970 of 10001
I'm getting the pig!
Good pup, Bartleby. I'm leaving the long distance walking advice to those that have actually done it, but I'll gladly send some foot~ma, Beej.
Did you know that chimps spit when they are not happy?
I did not know that.
Did you know that having people pass closely behind their enclosure does not make chimps happy.
I'll be sure to duck behind whoever I'm with, should I be passing by a chimp enclosure. Thanks for the heads up!
I should be getting ready for a bbq. I really don't want to go. Well, I want to go, just not with this headache.
beekaytee - Aug 18, 2007 12:58:40 pm PDT #1971 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Monkey spit?
That must be a sign of good fortune is some culture.
Congratulations!
eta: Thanks Nicole. It didn't even occur to me to ask for foot ~ma but, boy howdy, can I use it! Much obliged.
Laura - Aug 18, 2007 1:03:39 pm PDT #1972 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.
I also like the double layer socks.
Sports tape? ears pricking up
I get the worst blisters of anyone I know, but taping did the trick for me. I used tape over every place I ever got a blister. Some pictures here [link] It works for preventing. I covered the existing ones with moleskin. Some more tips here [link]
Just make sure not to tape tight. It works. I didn't think I would survive my last marathon, but finished 26.2 without a single blister.
Last link - me taping my feet before LA Marathon. [link]
SuziQ - Aug 18, 2007 1:06:24 pm PDT #1973 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Anything is possible.
Funny side note - they have big signs in front of the chimp enclosure - "Quite Please - noise disturbs the chimps". Ok. There was even a zoo volunteer there shushing people who didn't mind the signs.
As we returned from break and went through our shortcut back to the animal hospital we had to climb over a rope and go through an "employee only" gate. We didn't have Raul the maintenance dude with us this time, so the zoo volunteer sees us going where regular people aren't supposed to go - so she tries to stop us by YELLING at us. YELLING. In the quiet zone.
...
Yep. More expectoration. We were laughing so hard by the time we got back to work.