Hello Mister Blister

My apologies for the photos of my toe. I got a weird blister. It's been threatening for a while, but at mile 14 of my 18 mile run on Saturday, it started being really annoying--the pain went from 0 to ouch on the pain scale in one step. But a funny thing happened about 20 minutes later--I couldn't feel it at all. It just numbed out. I got through the run. It's sort of a blood blister now, and I've been taping the toe before running, which seems to help a lot. I don't think it's gonna heal anytime soon, so I have to cope with it. No big deal.

I have 68 days until race day! I know I can run 18 miles successfully, and I've got over two months to be assured I can make it to 26.2. The heat, once again, is making my runs difficult. I did chose a marathon that requires me to train most intensely during the hottest months, so it's to be expected. It has been an unusually hot summer around here though. It's good for me though, right?

I have a nine mile tempo run tomorrow. It's a one mile warm-up and a one mile cool-down with a really quick (for me) pace in the middle. I may have to adjust the pace depending on the heat.

I am also going to post some other random summer photos today, just for fun.