Wow! It's been a while! Life has been chugging along a good pace. So what exactly is it I've been doing you may ask. Well in point form, let me tell you!
* a few personal photography projects
* meeting with brides and booking weddings
* working on my website
* having a lot of super fun coffee dates with new and old friends
* aaaaaand running - a lot of running
My race is in 13 short little days! I have run my longest training run I will run between now and then. For the next two weeks I'm tapering it down.
Yesterday I ran just shy of 21 kms. It was raining. I knew it was going to rain. I was prepared. Or at least I thought I was. A couple of months ago I ran 13kms in torrential rain. I literally felt like I had been thrown in a cold lake and left to climb out and run 13kms home. Drenched I was. Since then, I have received a new running jacket, one that is a wee bit more water resistant. I also had heard of these amazing wool running socks that "wicks" the wetness away and keeps your feet toasty warm and dry. Oh, and it also featured anti-blister technology. All for the price of $20. For one pair.
So, yesterday as I stared out my window into the falling rain, I knew I was prepared. A jacket that will keep me dry, a pair of winter running pants that deflect rain, and my new woolly socks.
Out I went. I felt good. Everything was going well, until around the 16th km mark. I was sensing a bit of rubbing on my foot. The pain worsened. I could feel a blister coming on. I made it back feeling good, but after running for two years in numerous pairs of new shoes and never getter a blister (aside from the little ones on my toes, but those don't really count) I had one. I ginormous gross blister.
Anyway. No more woolly socks on long runs for me. I bought a pair of the Running Room double layered sock and some pretty sweet bandaids. Out I will go tomorrow and test it out.
